A photojournalist who goes by the handle hanming_huang took this photo and posted to Flickr. The photo is of a public propaganda poster in North Korea praising Kim Jong-il's third son and heir apparent, Kim Jong Un. According to the metadata of the photo, it was apparently taken in Wonsan, North Korea, on 18 September and posted to Flickr on 22 September.There have been reports of posters like the one hanming_huang posted appearing throughout North Korea for the past few months, but this seems to be the first actual photo of one seen outside of the country. The poster has the words to the song Footsteps at the bottom. Footsteps reportedly is a song used to buildup Kim Jong Un's cult of personality.
The appearance of this poster comes in the wake of recent conflicting media reports regarding the issue of succession.
- A Yonhap News report confirming Kim Jong Un's designation as the successor dated 13 September
- A Kyodo News report citing Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly, denying any succession process is ongoing in North Korea dated 10 September
- A Foreign Policy report stating documents obtained by Mainichi Shimbun seems to confirm Kim Jong Un as the heir apparent dated 09 September
- A Daily NK report explaining the reasons for the succession process being halted dated 09 September
- A Daily NK report claiming the succession process has been halted dated 08 September
- An AFP report stating Kim Jong-il has suspended the succession process dated 05 September
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