{"id":35483,"date":"2019-12-04T20:14:23","date_gmt":"2019-12-04T20:14:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/12\/04\/kim-jong-un-again-rides-horse-up-sacred-peak-as-north-korea-raps-trump\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:10:57","slug":"kim-jong-un-again-rides-horse-up-sacred-peak-as-north-korea-raps-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/04\/kim-jong-un-again-rides-horse-up-sacred-peak-as-north-korea-raps-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un again rides horse up sacred peak as North Korea raps Trump"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rode a white horse up a sacred mountain in his second symbolic visit in less than two months, state media reported Wednesday, as his military chief lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for talking about a possible military option against the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mount Paektu and white horses are symbols associated with the Kim family\u2019s dynastic rule. Kim has made previous visits there before making major decisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The comments by his military chief are the latest sign that prospects for a resumption of nuclear talks between North Korea and the U.S. are unclear. North Korea has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/12\/01\/north-korea-may-deploy-super-large-rocket-launcher-soon\/\" target=\"_blank\">threatened more provocation<\/a> if the United States fails to meet a year-end deadline set by Kim for it to make a proposal to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/24\/north-korea-says-its-gained-nothing-from-us-but-betrayal\/\" target=\"_blank\">salvage the negotiations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Wednesday night, Pak Jong Chon, chief of the General Staff of the (North) Korean People\u2019s Army, issued a statement berating Trump for suggesting that the U.S. could use military force against North Korea if diplomacy fails and warned that any attack would cause a \u201chorrible\u201d consequence for the Americans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOne thing I would like to make clear is that the use of armed forces is not the privilege of the U.S. only,\u201d Park said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said Kim was also \u201cdispleased to hear\u201d about Trump\u2019s comments. <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/11\/18\/north-korea-says-it-wont-give-trump-a-summit-for-free\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19321808056117.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea says it won\u2019t give Trump a summit for free<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea on Monday responded to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that hinted at another summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying it has no interest in giving Trump further meetings to brag about unless it gets something substantial in return.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking in London where he was attending a NATO summit, Trump on Tuesday said his relationship with Kim was \u201creally good\u201d but also called for him to follow up on a commitment to denuclearize. Trump added, \u201cWe have the most powerful military we ever had, and we are by far the most powerful country in the world and hopefully we don\u2019t have to use it. But if we do, we will use it.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump has previously threatened to bring down \u201cfire and fury\u201d on North Korea and derided Kim as \u201clittle rocket man\u201d when he carried out a series of weapons tests in 2017 aimed at building nuclear-armed missiles capable of reaching the mainland U.S. But his comment Tuesday on the possible use of military force enraged North Korea because he hasn\u2019t recently used such threats and instead has bestowed Kim with praise. In September last year, Trump called Kim \u201cvery open\u201d and \u201cterrific\u201d and said he and Kim \u201cfell in love.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In London, Trump also said Kim \u201clikes sending rockets up, doesn\u2019t he?\u201d He added that \u201cThat\u2019s why I call him rocket man.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">North Korea didn\u2019t immediately respond to Trump\u2019s \u201crocket man\u201d comment. Kim previously called Trump a \u201cmentally deranged U.S. dotard.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2113\" height=\"1416\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19338166120730.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Kim Jong Un, Mount Paektu\" class=\"wp-image-38819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19338166120730.jpg.jpg 2113w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19338166120730.jpg.jpg?resize=300,201 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19338166120730.jpg.jpg?resize=768,515 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19338166120730.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,686 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19338166120730.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1029 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19338166120730.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1372 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2113px) 100vw, 2113px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, speaks to lieutenants during his visit to Mount Paektu, North Korea, on Dec. 4, 2019. (Korean Central News Agency\/Korea News Service via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Earlier Wednesday, the North\u2019s state media released many photos showing Kim riding a horse to snow-covered Mount Paektu along with his wife and other top lieutenants, all on white horses. Kim last climbed the mountain, the highest peak on the Korean Peninsula, on horseback in mid-October. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe imperialists and class enemies make a more frantic attempt to undermine the ideological, revolutionary and class positions of our party,\u201d Kim said in an apparent reference to the U.S. and South Korea. \u201cWe should always live and work in the offensive spirit of Paektu.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/flashpoints\/2019\/10\/17\/north-koreas-kim-jong-un-rides-horse-on-sacred-peak-vows-to-fight-us-sanctions\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19289120575148.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">North Korea\u2019s Kim Jong Un rides horse on sacred peak, vows to fight US sanctions<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">North Korea released a series of photos Wednesday showing leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse to a sacred mountain he has often climbed before making key decisions. Near the mountain, Kim reportedly vowed to overcome U.S.-led sanctions that he said had both pained and infuriated his people.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The nuclear negotiations have remained stalled for months, with North Korea trying to win major sanctions relief and outside security assurances in return for partial denuclearization. Kim and Trump have met three times. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North\u2019s Foreign Ministry warned Tuesday it\u2019s entirely up to the United States to choose what \u201cChristmas gift\u201d it gets from the North. North Korean officials have previously said whether North Korea lifts its moratorium on long-range missile and nuclear tests depends on what actions the U.S. takes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, North Korea test-fired projectiles from what it called a \u201csuper-large\u201d multiple rocket launcher that South Korea\u2019s military said landed in the waters off the Norths\u2019 east coast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The North\u2019s official Korean Central News Agency said Wednesday the ruling Workers\u2019 Party will hold a central committee meeting in late December to discuss unspecified \u201ccrucial issues\u201d in line with \u201cthe changed situation at home and abroad.\u201d The specific agenda was unclear. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Monday, Kim visited Samjiyon county at the foot of Mount Paektu to attend a ceremony marking the completion of work that has transformed the town to \u201can epitome of modern civilization,\u201d KCNA said. It said the town has a museum on the Kim family, a ski slope, cultural centers, a school, a hospital and factories. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Samjiyon was one of the main construction projects that Kim launched in an effort to improve his people\u2019s livelihoods and strengthen his rule at home. The construction spree has also been seen as a demonstration of his power in the face of international sanctions designed to squeeze his economy and get him to give up his nuclear program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Associated Press writer Kim Tong-hyung contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rode a white horse up a sacred mountain in his second symbolic visit in less than two months, state media reported Wednesday, as his military chief lashed out at U.S. President Donald Trump for talking about a possible military option against the 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