Kim Jong Un spoke during a ceremony in Pyongyang marking Kim Il Sung 's birth 100 years earlier . The third generation of the Kim dynasty pledges to build on his father 's legacy . He also acknowledged the suffering of many North Koreans , promising never to let them starve again . In a rare concession , Kim says this regime will not allow people to suffer any more -- as close as he could get to admitting the government had failed the people in the past . But he also gave a warning that North Korea remains able to defend itself .
Kim Jong Un spoke during a ceremony in Pyongyang marking Kim Il Sung 's birth 100 years earlier . The third generation of the Kim dynasty pledges to build on his father 's legacy . He also acknowledged the suffering of many North Koreans , promising never to let them starve again . But he also gave a warning that North Korea remains able to defend itself .