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In North Korea, the socialist regime is trying to establish a solid foundation for its third generation leader Kim Jong-un. Among the trials and efforts to do so, Kim Jong-un himself has given several speeches in public, where we can find some interesting characteristics through analyzing speech features. In some speeches, he tried to imitate his grandfather Kim Il-sung, the first generation leader, who established the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in 1948, since Kim Jong-un aspired to continue the faint recollection and the absolute legacy of his grandfather's title to the people of North Korea. This paper analyzes the speech of Kim Jong-un at the recent military parade to examine the similarities and differences between speeches given by these two supreme power leaders in North Korea. The paper also compares the speeches given by Kim Jong-un in two different events to detect any changes between them concerning whether he continued to imitate Kim Il-sung or he presented his unique characteristics.
Key Words: Speech analysis, Kim Jong-un, Kim Il-sung, similarity rate, the elderly vocalization
1.Introduction
Countries governed by the military regimes try to use various methods to display military superiority, and among many, a military parade has proven to receive the most attention from the world. North Korea is notorious among countries where the military government remains in power to this day. The recent military parade in North Korea was considered an ostentatious exhibition of a successful take-over between the supreme power leaders in North Korea. North Korea especially emphasizes that they have nuclear weapons and short/long range missiles through the parade.
In the parade, the speech given by the leader of the regime plays an important role in delivering intended messages to its people and the outside world. Leaders usually try to vocalize in unique ways to get empathy from the audience and to get the most effective and strong appeal to their people. They want to display their confidence and outstanding qualification as leaders through their speeches. Therefore, it is important to do speech analysis to understand the meaning of military parades as well as messages delivered through speeches [ 1 ].
At the parade, Kim Jong-un, the new and third-generation leader, gives a speech by which he tries to deliver...