worldUpdated: Aug 27, 2020 05:49 ISTWhat’s going on with Kim Jong Un? Perhaps the North Korean leader is biding his time until the US presidential election? “Perhaps we are imposing our own expectations and habitual knowledge about the North Korean regime on the current situation. “Kim Jong Un’s long absences have been unusual in the context of his general public activities in North Korea,” said Ankit Panda, a Stanton senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. North Korea is on track for its biggest contraction since the 1990s, when Kim’s father, Kim Jong Il, faced a devastating famine, according to Fitch Solutions.

Source: Hindustan Times August 27, 2020 00:19 UTC