The North's announcement of Kim's white horse riding on Mount Paektu appears to signal a major transformation step is about to take place.

Kim Jong-un's advisers believe that the North Korean leader is planning "for a great campaign," KNCA news agency said in an October 16 newsletter with pictures of the majestic Kim riding. a white horse on top of Mount Paektu, the most sacred mountain in the country, surrounded by white snow.

"Sitting on horseback at the peak of Paektu, the President recounted the path of arduous struggle for the construction of the most powerful country, with the same firm belief and willpower as the peak of the sacred mountain of Paektu", the article reads. paragraph.

"Witnessing wonderful moments when President thought atop Paektu, all the officials accompanying him were convinced with emotion and joy that North Korea was about to have a great campaign to provoke surprised the world and took another step on the revolutionary path of North Korea, "KCNA emphasized.

It is unclear what this "great campaign" is, but Kim Jong-un's leader often visits Mount Paektu when preparing to implement important policy goals.

Paektu, a volcanic mountain located on the border between Korea and China, has a height of nearly 2,750 meters. It has a special place in Korean history and culture, and is said to be the birthplace of the late leader Kim Jong-il, father Kim Jong-un.

Analysts say Kim Jong-un's image of riding a horse on a mountain of white snow symbolizes the image of North Korea standing up against international sanctions and pressure on nuclear and nuclear programs. Pyongyang is pursuing.

"This is a statement, symbolizing the challenge," said Joshua Pollack, a North Korea expert at Middlebury International Research Institute in California, USA. "The era of efforts to lift sanctions is over. Nothing is clarified here but it is starting to set new expectations for policy directions for 2020."

In late 2017, Kim visited Mount Paektu a few days after North Korea successfully tested his largest intercontinental ballistic missile and a few weeks before he delivered an important New Year speech, thereby opening up the wings. cooperation with South Korea towards the goal of building lasting peace on the peninsula.

Last year, he took South Korean President Moon Jae-in to the top of a mountain in a historic summit between the two.

Since then, relations with South Korea have gradually cooled and North Korean leaders have said he will only wait until the end of this year for the United States to change its stance in denuclearization talks, otherwise Pyongyang will follow a new path, but it has not been disclosed.

Many experts believe that most of the beautiful words of KCNA in the news are around economic issues. They also speculated that Pyongyang could soon launch a satellite launch into space. It will allow North Korea to show off its economic and technological power in a less provocative way than testing intercontinental ballistic missiles.

The language of the October 16 newsletter shows that Kim is likely to "reflect on major policy decisions," said Rachel Minyoung Lee, an analyst at NK News, a news site that tracks activities in the North. Tien, comment.

"The report describes Mr. Kim's climb to Mount Paektu on horseback like a new 'legend', combined with his image on white horseback, seemingly built to create maximum propaganda effect, I believe the North Korean media will be active in the coming days, "Lee said.