Chinese Media Not As Close To North Korea As Before

The South China Morning Post is surely one of the best sources for news on China.

It should be noted however, although subtle, interestingly, they are not as favorable maybe to North Korea or as close as before:

https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/east-asia/article/3209935/north-korea-forces-people-same-name-kim-jong-uns-daughter-ju-ae-change-it-report?module=more_top_stories_int&pgtype=homepage

This comes at a time when there seems to be a slight change in North Korea.

At a time where there has been a lot of talks of conflicts in Asia among nations recently.