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Kim Jong-un seen in public for first time after record-long disappearance

North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un

05 June 2021 20:43 (UTC +04:00)

North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has been seen in public for the first time since disappearing for almost a month, APA reports citing the Korean Central News Agency.

According to the outlet, he attended the first meeting of the political bureau of the governing party.

KCNA writes that Kim Jong-un analysed "the execution of major policy tasks in different fields for the first half of the year". The leader stressed the importance of a state campaign to improve the economy and people’s living.

According to South Korea's Yonhap news agency, prior to the meeting, Kim Jong-un was last seen in public on 6 May, when he posed for a photograph with North Korean servicemen and their families. The outlet writes that this period of absence was the longest in 2021.