Kim Jong-un sheds tears as he delivers rare apology to North Korea over failings

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29. All part of a carefully orchestrated spectacle

It is clear that it served its purposes domestically and internationally in his view without crossing any red lines. The speech struck a conciliatory tone with the South, that one might regard somewhat cynically after recent events. Generally, Kim's diplomacy has taken to emulating the good cop, bad cop routine the US displayed after Singapore.

One has to wonder whether Kim watches South Korean television dramas. The scene was one that could be seen in the living room of an imaginary South Korean family during challenging times. Tears were shed all around. The speech was very theatrical. Even as scripted as these North Korean events go, it would be hard not to be overcome by emotion, under the circumstances in North Korea.

Nevertheless, the demeanor of Kim and his coterie after his speech indicates the entire performance was regarded as a great success, at least as far as they were concerned.

The parade apparently was followed by the mass games. Hyon Song-wol was present at both. In the recent past she played a key role in joint North South cultural events.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyon_Song-wol#:~:text=Hyon%20disappeared%20from%20public%20view,since%20they%20were%20both%20teenagers.

what happened to the "kim is dead" experts?