Overview
- KCNA said President Thongloun Sisoulith will visit at Kim Jong-un’s invitation for the Workers’ Party anniversary on Oct. 10.
- The Laotian leader is the first foreign attendee publicly confirmed by Pyongyang for the event.
- Russia’s Dmitry Medvedev is widely expected to travel to North Korea for the celebrations, though no official confirmation has been issued.
- Reuters has reported Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam may visit in October, but Hanoi and Pyongyang have not confirmed.
- South Korea’s military assesses the North may stage a large-scale nighttime parade involving tens of thousands of personnel.