“Lacking in enthusiasm and sincerity”

Kim Jong-un is displeased. The North Korean media didn't do justice to his supreme magnificence during his trip to Beijing. Heads must roll.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has launched a sweeping purge of party and government officials following his recent visit to China, with punishments extending from the workers’ party to the foreign ministry, according to sources familiar with the situation….

The party’s propaganda and agitation department suffered the most dismissals during this round of purges, sources said.

Officials who edited documentary footage of Kim’s China visit faced criticism for producing content deemed “lacking in enthusiasm and sincerity.” The edited scenes showing Kim’s arrival at Beijing station and his reception by senior Chinese officials, including Cai Qi, secretary of the communist party of China central secretariat, and Wang Yi, director of the party’s central foreign affairs commission, appeared “meager and shabby” compared to Chinese media coverage.

Documentary editors also drew fire for including footage of Kim waiting in line with other world leaders during China’s 80th anniversary victory day celebrations. While Kim received second-to-last reception from Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan — directly before Russian President Vladimir Putin — indicating China’s highest-level treatment, showing Kim waiting in line was deemed damaging to the supreme leader’s image.

The supreme leader does not wait.