Kim Jong Un plans first international visit since taking power in North Korea...and he’s flying to IRAN

 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make his first overseas visit next week by attending a summit attended by 40 world leaders in Iran.
Kim will attend a Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran which is scheduled for August 26 - 31.
As reported by NBC News, It is his first foreign trip since taking over following his father's death in December.
Despite encouraging signs in recent months that he might reform strict social and economic structures in North Korea, his visit to Iran suggests he is not prepared to alter North Korea's foreign policy.
The Non-Aligned Movement is a group of countries which do not formally consider themselves aligned with a major power bloc.
It was founded in 1961 at the height of the Cold War by countries which did not want to side with NATO or the Warsaw Pact Nations.
The summit is held every three years and rotates around the 120 member nations.
Other member states include India, Pakistan, Iraq, Afghanistan and Cuba.
The movements of Kim have been keenly tracked since he became leader of the authoritarian regime in Pyongyang.
Before his father's death, virtually nothing was known about him.
Over the past few months, he has adopted a different style to his late father Kim Jong Il.
He recently appeared at an amusement park and with school children which made him appear more approachable and friendly than his father.
Last month, it emerged he was married to an attractive woman, called Ri Sol Ju.
Recent satellite images suggest that North Korea's construction of nuclear facilities is accelerating.