 Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Mauto aitungamirirwa naChoe aiva chimwe chezvinangwa zvikuru zvechiJapan panguva yechikamu chePacification yeManchukuorakatanga muna 1939. Dennis Halpin anogumisa muThe National Interest kuti Choe Hyon angave anga ari mutungamiri anokosha mukurwisana nekoloni yeJapan muManchuria uye pamwe nemuganhu weKorea. Maererano naHalpin, izvi zvinokanganisa kutendeseka kwechimurenga cheumambo hwaKim uye zvinokupa mwanakomana waChoe Hyon, Choe Ryong-hae, panzvimbo. North Korea yakazogadzirisa mifananidzo kubva panguva iyi kuti isimbise basa raKim. 