South Korean lawmakers are claiming that North Korea may be able to test a new intercontinental ballistic missile in as little as a few weeks.
North Korea has over recent decades suffered serious food shortages, including famine in the 1990s, often a result of natural disasters such as floods damaging harvests.
Pak Jong Chon was noticeably absent in photos released on Monday of Kim's New Year's Day visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.
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