“We were sending money to NK at the time to keep North Koreans from starving. Meanwhile, Kim Jung Il was sending $30,000 a year to send his kid to a posh Swiss school...”
I think this is a good thing. He got a real education, unlike his countrymen who say “Dear Leader” all the time. Imagine if he was also indoctrinated by his father/grandfather in the manner of the common man in NK?
Yeah, but his education was cut short after his half-brother, Kim Jong Nam, who was previously the favored heir, fell afoul of the father for being too “Westernized”. They pulled him out of the European schools and finished his education at elite North Korean military academies.