{"id":190725,"date":"2026-02-26T02:29:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T07:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/kim-jong-un-vows-to-strengthen-nuclear-program-watches-military-parade-with-daughter\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T04:20:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T09:20:17","slug":"kim-jong-un-vows-to-strengthen-nuclear-program-watches-military-parade-with-daughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/26\/kim-jong-un-vows-to-strengthen-nuclear-program-watches-military-parade-with-daughter\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un vows to strengthen nuclear program, watches military parade with daughter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/26\/asia\/north-korea-kim-parade-nuclear-intl-hnk\">Kim Jong Un vows to strengthen nuclear program, watches military parade with daughter<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/26\/asia\/north-korea-kim-parade-nuclear-intl-hnk\">https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/26\/asia\/north-korea-kim-parade-nuclear-intl-hnk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-02-26 02:29:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.cnn.com\">www.cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to strengthen the country&#8217;s nuclear weapons program during the closing remarks at the once-in-five-years Ninth Workers\u2019 Party Congress.<\/li>\n<li>During a nighttime military parade in Pyongyang, Kim was accompanied by his teenage daughter, Ju Ae, who has been speculated as a potential successor but no new titles were announced.<\/li>\n<li>Although the military parade showcased 14,000 troops and aerial displays, it notably omitted major military hardware such as tanks, ICBMs, and rocket launchers despite recent displays of such arms.<\/li>\n<li>Kim promoted his sister Kim Yo Jong to a more prominent position within the party and reshuffed senior party and military posts, reinforcing younger loyalists and reelecting himself for another term.<\/li>\n<li>The restrained military display could suggest Pyongyang is showing discipline and reserving strategic leverage amidst its deepening partnership with Russia.<\/li>\n<li>Kim left conditional room for discussions with Washington on the basis of US acceptance of North Korea&#8217;s nuclear status and abandonment of perceived hostile policies.<\/li>\n<li>The timing of the parade comes as US President Donald Trump prepares for a trip to China that may reshape regional diplomacy, with some speculating a renewed Trump-Kim dialogue could occur.<\/li>\n<li>Despite tensions, Kim emphasized unity, loyalty, and readiness, and state media delivered a clear warning that any sovereignty violation would provoke immediate retaliation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Jong Un vows to strengthen nuclear program, watches military parade with daughter https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/26\/asia\/north-korea-kim-parade-nuclear-intl-hnk Publish&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":190726,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/download-2026-02-26t11015.JPG?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190725"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=190725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":190727,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/190725\/revisions\/190727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/190726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=190725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=190725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=190725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}