North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter, known as Ju Ae, planted trees at the pondside park in Saeppyol Street on Saturday (March 14), the country’s Tree-Planting Day, state media reported.

The footage showed Kim and Ju Ae actively shovelling soil and carrying saplings to plant trees.

High-ranking officials including Kim’s powerful sister Kim Yo Jong and Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui also took part in the tree planting.

Ri Il Hwan, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, was also seen planting trees while wearing a long underwear top with pants.

Kim and Ju Ae had attended the inaugural ceremony on February 15 of Saeppyol Street’s new housing district for the families of troops who died in overseas military operations.

Under a mutual defence pact with Russia, North Korea sent some 14,000 soldiers in 2024 to fight alongside Russian troops against Ukraine, where more than 6,000 of them were killed, according to South Korean, Ukrainian and Western sources.

DESCRIPCIÓN DE IMÁGENES

1. AERIAL FOOTAGE OF RESIDENTIAL AREA OF SAEPPYOL STREET

2. POND NEXT TO RESIDENTIAL AREA

3. VARIOUS OF NORTH KOREAN LEADER, KIM JONG UN, WALKING WHILE TALKING WITH OFFICIALS / KIM’S DAUGHTER, KNOWN AS JU AE, WALKING

4. ATTENDEES CLAPPING TO KIM, JU AE, AND OFFICIALS

5. OFFICIALS CLAPPING / KIM AND JU AE STANDING

6. ATTENDEES STANDING WITH SHOVELS

7. WOMAN STANDING WITH TEARY EYES

8. KIM, JU AE, AND OFFICIALS STANDING

9. ATTENDEES LISTENING

10. SECRETARY OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE WORKERS' PARTY OF KOREA, RI IL HWAN, DELIVERING SPEECH

11. KIM AND JU AE WALKING, FOLLOWED BY OFFICIALS AND ATTENDEES

12. ATTENDEES TAKING SHOVELS

13. VARIOUS OF KIM, JU AE, AND OFFICIALS DIGGING WITH SHOVELS

14. TREE PLANTING EVENT IN PROGRESS

15. VARIOUS OF KIM, JU AE, AND OFFICIALS DIGGING WITH SHOVELS

16. VARIOUS OF ATTENDEES BRINGING TREES TO BE PLANTED

17. TREE PLANTING EVENT IN PROGRESS

18. JU AE HOLDING SHOVEL / KIM TALKING TO RI (IN LONG SLEEVE UNDERSHIRT)

19. VARIOUS OF KIM AND JU AE CARRYING SOIL

20. KIM AND JU AE DROPPING SOIL ON TRANSPLANT TREE

21. VARIOUS OF KIM TALKING WITH OFFICIAL

22. VARIOUS OF JU AE AND OFFICIALS PLANTING TREE

23. VARIOUS OF KIM AND JU AE TALKING WITH OFFICIALS

24. KIM TALKING WITH ATTENDEE / JU AE STANDING NEXT TO KIM

25. KIM TALKING TO BOY / ATTENDEES PLANTING TREES