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Kim Jong Un is now being called ‘Supreme Representative of All the Korean People’...(source: Reuters, 4.12)  

A political bombshell was dropped [on April 11, 2019, the first session of the 14th Supreme People’s Assembly, NK's so-called parliament] in the first speech of the newly promoted Choe Ryong Hae, in which he declared that Kim Jong Un, by being the chairman of the State Affairs Commission, also is “the supreme representative of all the Korean people”. The actual goals and attitude notwithstanding, North Korea has so far been relatively careful to avoid open claims to leadership over all of the Korean Peninsula. While Article 1 of the Constitution says that the DPRK represents “the interests of all the Korean people,” Article 9 adds that the complete victory of socialism is to be achieved “in the northern half of Korea” only. The new title is thus a certain break with the past and openly challenges the role of South Korea and its president.

The claim to be the leader of all Koreans does, in fact, correspond with the major long-term strategic goal of Kim Jong Un to achieve a unification of the Korean Peninsula under his leadership. However, it is unclear why he decided to make this so explicit now, and why he has chosen to create such a huge challenge to ROK President Moon Jae-in despite the current status of the bilateral relationship between the DPRK and the US after the Hanoi Summit. It seems that despite the abrupt end of the summit, Kim Jong Un feels very confident that he does not need Moon’s help as a mediator anymore(*)...(source: 38 North, 4.13)

* PS. President Moon Jae-in offered Monday to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un "at any time and any place," and if this is accepted, he is expected to send a special envoy to Pyongyang...(source: K. Times, 4.15)