Kim rides horse on sacred peak, vows to fight U.S. sanctions
Source: AP
The pictures led to speculation Kim may be considering a new strategy in his dealings with the U.S.
Oct. 16, 2019, 3:52 AM CDT
SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to surmount U.S.-led sanctions on his country in state media reports Wednesday as evocative propaganda images were released of him riding a white horse, seen as foretelling significant decisions as his own deadline for U.S. movement on nuclear talks is nearing.
The images in his country's official media showed a bespectacled Kim, clad in a light brown coat, climbing a snow-covered Mount Paektu on horseback. The location and the animal are both symbols associated with the Kim family's dynastic rule.
The highest point on the Korean Peninsula is sacred to North Koreans, and Kim has visited it before making previous major decisions such as the 2013 execution of his powerful uncle and his 2018 entrance into diplomacy with Seoul and Washington.
The images and Kim's comments were released days after his country's first nuclear negotiations with the U.S. in more than seven months fell apart.
South Korean media quickly speculated Kim may be considering a new strategy in his dealings with the U.S. because he's previously demanded Washington come up with new proposals to salvage the stalemated diplomacy by the end of December.
"He, sitting on the horseback atop Mt Paektu, recollected with deep emotion the road of arduous struggle he covered for the great cause of building the most powerful country with faith and will as firm as Mt Paektu," the North's official Korean Central News Agency said..........................................
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I do not think Trump would give up his golf cart for a pic on a horse.
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Image: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse amongst the first snow at Mouth Paektu, Oct. 16, 2019.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a white horse at Mouth Paektu on Wednesday. KCNA / AFP - Getty Images
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and Hades was following with him. Authority was given to them over a fourth of the earth, to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by the wild beasts of the earth.
