Kim Jong-un’s car license plate during his visit to China read ‘7∙271953’: “It means we will not succumb to the US.”

Kim Jong-un, the North Korean Chairman, recently engaged in “license plate diplomacy” during his visit to China. He arrived at Beijing Station on September 2nd around 4 PM and headed to the North Korean embassy shortly thereafter. The car he was presumed to ride in, a Mercedes-Maybach, displayed a license plate with the numbers “7·271953,” marking the date of the Korean War Armistice Agreement on July 27, 1953. North Korea celebrates this date as the “Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War,” viewing it as a triumph over perceived U.S. imperialism. This use of the date could signify his refusal to succumb to U.S. pressure. Additionally, considering that Russian President Vladimir Putin gifted Kim Jong-un a Russian-made limousine with the same date engraved on its license plate during a visit to Pyongyang, the significance of these numbers to Kim is evident.