Kim Jong Un Kneels at the Grave of His Late Mentor for Third Straight Year

Kim Jong Un honors late military officer and Party Leader

According to the state news agency KCNA, the general secretary of the Workers’ Party (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Committee laid a flower and observed a moment of respectful silence at the resting place of the man considered one of his main political mentors. During his visit to the Patriotic Martyrs’ Cemetery, the leader spoke highly of Hyon Chol Hae (August 13, 1934 – May 19, 2022), who served as Kim Il Sung’s bodyguard during the K…

Kim Jong Un kneels at the grave of his late mentor for third straight year

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited a Pyongyang cemetery to pay tribute to late military official Hyon Chol Hae for the third consecutive year on Sunday, kneeling before his former mentor’s grave in a continuation of unprecedented state veneration for someone not from the Kim family. State media reported that Kim laid a flower […]

North Korea's Kim pays tribute to prominent military figure

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has paid respects at the tomb of Hyon Chol-hae, who is known to have played a key role in grooming him for leadership, to mark the third anniversary of his death, the N...

North's leader pays tribute to former mentor on annivesary of death

Kim Jong-un paid tribute at the grave of Hyon Chol-hae, a former senior adviser to the Ministry of National Defense and Marshal of the Korean People’s Army and Kim’s mentor during his time as successor, on the third anniversary of his death.