North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks alongside General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam, Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council and leader of the United Russia political party Dmitry Medvedev and China’s Premier Li Qiang as they attend a military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this pictured released October 11, 2025 by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS