North Korea has reportedly launched a range of stamps featuring Donald Trump.
The latest released by the totalitarian dictatorship celebrates the US president’s spontaneous meeting with Kim Jong-un in June, according to NK News, a news website based in the US.
It features an image of the pair standing together in the demilitarized zone.
It follows a series of stamps – apparently on sale in the capital Pyongyang – launched on 12 June to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the 2018 summit in Singapore, Japanese news agency Kyodo News reported.
The earlier stamps depict the first-ever handshake between Mr Kim and Mr Trump there, their signing of a joint agreement, and the full text of that statement.
None of the stamps appear to feature Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president who in June joined the two leaders in Panmunjom, the North Korean village just north of the de facto border with the South.
It comes amid increased tensions in the region, after North Korea carried out a series of short-range missile tests in what some experts said was an act of brinkmanship aimed at increasing pressure on Seoul and Washington over the slow pace of nuclear negotiations.
Mr Trump however, earlier this week heaped fresh praise on Mr Kim by lauding his “great and beautiful” vision for the country. He also played down the significance of the missile tests as “very standard”, and insisted they would not impact his ongoing engagement with Mr Kim.
“I think it’s very much under control, very much under control,” Mr Trump told reporters at the White House.
He added: “We never made an agreement on that. I have no problem. We’ll see what happens. But these are short-range missiles. They are very standard.”
