N. Korea's Kim pays tribute to prominent military figure

N. Korea's Kim pays tribute to prominent military figure

A flower laid by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sits on the grave of Hyon Cheol-hae, who is known to have played a key role in grooming him for leadership, in the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Pyongyang on May 18, 2025, to commemorate the third anniversary of Hyon's death, in this photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. Hyon, marshal of the Korean People's Army, died at 87 on May 19, 2022. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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