UPI: North Korea official seen not applauding for Kim Jong Un in recent photo
Aug. 4 (UPI) -- A senior-ranking North Korean military official with a troubled past was seen refraining from clapping for Kim Jong Un at last week's workshop for Pyongyang's military commanders, raising questions in the South about the status of Ri Yong Gil.
Korean Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun on Friday published 48 photos of the workshop after the event ended June 27. On the fourth page of the issue, an image of military officials offering Kim a standing ovation showed Ri in his seat. He also was seen looking down at the floor.
The photo of Ri could have captured a brief moment when he may have not had the time to get on his feet. A North Korean defector source in the South said that the photo could have been a "simple mistake" that places Ri in an unfair light, South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo reported Wednesday.
But there is "still a possibility it will act as a negative for Ri," the source said, according to the report.
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WNU Editor: It is just one picture. But in a country like North Korea, a picture can be the end of someone.
