예년 같으면 대규모 핵·미사일 무력을 과시했을 9·9절 정권수립일에 대륙간탄도미사일(ICBM)을 선보이지 않았고 핵 언급도 없었으며, 김영남이 행한 대리 연설에서도 유독 경제강국을 강조했다.
On the day of the establishment of the Sept. 9 regime, which would have shown off its massive nuclear and missile force if it was in previous years, it did not introduce an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), made no mention of nuclear weapons, and emphasized its economic power in a proxy speech given by Kim Yeong-nam.