[blueplum]

where’s the old guy that follows Kim around like a pet? the two guys behind him seem relatively young in comparison

[AmericanInTokyo]

Good question, blueplum. Not really sure who that guy is. I have seen the general before, but not the other over-decorated toady. Note the odd, queer shadow in the photo on the folding chair next to Kim. It could be a shadow of some kind of equipment, a gantry or what not, however North has been known to purposely put weird stuff in their photos to keep the American bastards guessing.

South Korean Defense Agency is assessing. At this point, it looks like a sensitively designed strategy, bold enough to get the US attention, but not too bold such as an ICBM missile or engine test as to angry North Korea's allies in their corner at present: China, Russia and Moon's South Korea. Yomiuri News in Japan is theorizing some kind of cruise missile. For sure it seems short or intermediate range, something intended to hurt South Korea or Japan only, not directly threaten US (that is, if you don't count the 80,000 of our fellow Americans in those two countries stationed at present).