India, Nov. 3 -- On October 10, 2025, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea marked the 80th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea - an institution that has evolved into both an ideological monolith and a geopolitical instrument. The celebrations were more than a show of loyalty; they were a deliberate assertion of strength, discipline, and endurance - a reminder that North Korea, for eight decades, has resisted external domination, endured historical trauma, and carved out a geopolitical identity that is both confrontational and paradoxically conciliatory. Presiding over the spectacle was Kim Jong Un, the youngest in a dynastic lineage that has outlasted empires and redefined autocracy.

Beside him stood his sister, Kim Yo Jong -...