US & South Korea Hold Air Drills, Kim John Un Still Absent
Apr 23, 2020 16:34:50 GMT -5
Post by schwartzie on Apr 23, 2020 16:34:50 GMT -5
We need to keep the people of North Korea in prayer, particularly the Christians, that they'll have the boldness to share the Gospel. As things now stand, if Rocketman dies, his sister will take over - and she's every bit as evil as he is.
RUSSIA SENDS FLOWERS TO STILL-ABSENT KIM JONG UN WHILE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA HOLD AIR DRILLS
BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 4/23/20 AT 12:31 PM EDT
The U.S. and South Korea held joint aerial drills Wednesday as their mutual rival, North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, remains absent from the public eye. Meanwhile, Russia sent flowers to the young ruler amid rumors surrounding his health.
Just over a week after Kim skipped national Day of the Sun celebrations dedicated to his late ruling grandfather on April 15, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday that South Korean F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets along with U.S. F-16s conducted squadron-level, combined exercises expected to run through Friday. The outlet cited a South Korean Air Force official as saying the annual drills were "designed to improve execution of our joint operations" and were "on par with those of previous years."
Such maneuvers, though routine, have typically stirred outrage in North Korea, which considers them provocative. The secretive, militarized state has yet to issue any official warnings, however, as its 36-year-old head of state has not been seen publicly and is on the minds of the international community.
The official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that Kim "received a floral basket from the Russian embassy here on the occasion of the first anniversary of his historic visit to the Russian Federation." Kim's trip to Vladivostok last year involved his debut meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and marked the last time the young ruler is believed to have left the Korean Peninsula.
"The floral basket was conveyed to an official concerned by the Russian ambassador on April 23," the KCNA reported concluded.
Kim also sent a reply to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's message for the Day of the Sun on Wednesday. But North Korea's state-run media has yet to address Kim's absence or rumors of an April 12 heart surgery sparked by a largely defector-run website, the South Korea-based Daily NK, which has ties to U.S. Congress and other institutions. That report was based on an anonymous source but followed by a CNN article citing an unnamed U.S. official who said U.S. intelligence was monitoring that Kim was in grave danger after an operation.
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RUSSIA SENDS FLOWERS TO STILL-ABSENT KIM JONG UN WHILE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA HOLD AIR DRILLS
BY TOM O'CONNOR ON 4/23/20 AT 12:31 PM EDT
The U.S. and South Korea held joint aerial drills Wednesday as their mutual rival, North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, remains absent from the public eye. Meanwhile, Russia sent flowers to the young ruler amid rumors surrounding his health.
Just over a week after Kim skipped national Day of the Sun celebrations dedicated to his late ruling grandfather on April 15, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday that South Korean F-15K and KF-16 fighter jets along with U.S. F-16s conducted squadron-level, combined exercises expected to run through Friday. The outlet cited a South Korean Air Force official as saying the annual drills were "designed to improve execution of our joint operations" and were "on par with those of previous years."
Such maneuvers, though routine, have typically stirred outrage in North Korea, which considers them provocative. The secretive, militarized state has yet to issue any official warnings, however, as its 36-year-old head of state has not been seen publicly and is on the minds of the international community.
The official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that Kim "received a floral basket from the Russian embassy here on the occasion of the first anniversary of his historic visit to the Russian Federation." Kim's trip to Vladivostok last year involved his debut meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and marked the last time the young ruler is believed to have left the Korean Peninsula.
"The floral basket was conveyed to an official concerned by the Russian ambassador on April 23," the KCNA reported concluded.
Kim also sent a reply to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's message for the Day of the Sun on Wednesday. But North Korea's state-run media has yet to address Kim's absence or rumors of an April 12 heart surgery sparked by a largely defector-run website, the South Korea-based Daily NK, which has ties to U.S. Congress and other institutions. That report was based on an anonymous source but followed by a CNN article citing an unnamed U.S. official who said U.S. intelligence was monitoring that Kim was in grave danger after an operation.
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