Article 4GJME North Korea's mass games suspended after Kim Jong-un criticism

North Korea's mass games suspended after Kim Jong-un criticism

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Justin McCurry and agencies
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Country's leader dissatisfied because of producers having the 'wrong spirit of creation'

North Korea's mass games are to be put on hold, possibly for weeks, after Kim Jong-un criticised the producers of the most recent event for their "wrong spirit", according to foreign tour groups.

Kim, North Korea's leader, said he was unhappy with the event, entitled The Land of the People, after attending Monday's opening night at the 150,000-seat May Day Stadium in Pyongyang with his wife, Ri Sol-ju, and his influential younger sister, Kim Yo-jong - who had not, until then, been seen in public for weeks amid speculation Kim ordered her to keep a low profile after the failure of his second nuclear summit with Donald Trump.

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