North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and politician Choe Ryong Hae arrive for the opening of the Ryomyong residential area in Pyongyang last April. And he has consolidated his leadership of the regime, most recently by promoting himself to “Third General,” replacing his grandmother in the North Korean holy trinity of revolutionary leaders. Experts say that the entire U.S. mainland is now in range of North Korean ICBMs, albeit with a light payload. [ U.S. declares North Korea carried out massive WannaCry cyberattack]If Kim was one of Nam’s students, he’d get an A for his year’s work. “From the North Korean perspective, Kim Jong Un is doing well as a young leader, standing equal with Donald Trump,” he said.

Source: Washington Post December 24, 2017 20:07 UTC