I think it was a twofold move. Like Zhukov just said, it was to get some prisoners off the State's bill, then while he is doing that, he publicizes he is doing so for some political brownie points.
Turns out he may be a smart political leader if he can keep making moves like that.
Or one could take the optimistic-to-the-point-of-ridiculous view that he really is wanting to be a kinder gentler North Korean leader.
It will be interesting to see what he does next though.
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