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Citizens visit the statues of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill to commemorate the 77th anniversary of Korea's Liberation in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) Citizens walk along Changjon Street past a festive poster reading "The great victory in the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle" to commemorate the 77th anniversary of Korea's Liberation in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) Citizens celebrate the in the plaza of the Arch of Triumph dressing in traditional costume to commemorate the 77th anniversary of Korea's Liberation in Pyongyang, North Korea, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) Pyongyang citizens pay tribute to the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) Pyongyang citizens visit the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Youth and students hold dancing party for celebrating the 62nd anniversary of their late leader Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces, at the plaza of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) Youth and students hold dancing party for celebrating the 62nd anniversary of their late leader Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces, at the plaza of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Pyongyang citizens pay tribute to the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Korean People's Army (KPA) service personnel visit the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Youth and students hold dancing party for celebrating the 62nd anniversary of their late leader Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces, at the plaza of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) Pyongyang citizens visit the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) Pyongyang citizens pay tribute to the statues of their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill on the occasion of the 62nd anniversary of Kim Jong Il's first field guidance for the revolutionary armed forces in Pyongyang, North Korea Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Cha Song Ho) FILE - A visitor watches the North Korea side from the Unification Observation Post in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Saturday, July 30, 2022. North Korea on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File) FILE - In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a "maximum emergency anti-epidemic campaign meeting" in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022. North Korea on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File) FILE - In this photo published on June 28, 2022 by the North Korean government, North Korean employees disinfect a facility at an underground store in Pyongyang, North Korea. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. North Korea on Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022, said it found four new fever cases in its border region with China that may have been caused by coronavirus infections, two weeks after leader Kim Jong Un declared a widely disputed victory over COVID-19. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)