Posted on 12/19/2011 5:01:43 AM PST by Hunton Peck
From plastic surgery to basketball love – a glimpse into the bizarre world of North Korea's Kim Jong-il and his son Kim Jong-un
1/ The next leader, Kim Jong-un is an unexpected style guru in North Korea – due to his haircut. Young men in Pyongyang are reportedly queuing at barbershops to copy his short, square, shaved-above-the-ears look, dubbed the "youth" or "ambition" haircut.
2 / South Korean media was awash last year with speculation that Kim had undergone plastic surgery numerous times – in order to look more like his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, founder of the state, whom he has reportedly been groomed to emulate.
3/ Basketball, that most quintessentially American sport, is apparently a big passion of his – with reports that he harbours a particular affection for Michael Jordan.
4/ The leader-in-waiting is believed to have attended a number of schools in Switzerland using various pseudonyms – with some former pupils claiming he pretended to be the son of a driver.
5/ Shy – not the most obvious quality for a leader...
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Net Geo - Inside North Korea (Also avail on netflix streaming). This video really shows how controlling Dear Leader was over the people.
Lets see how long the military lets him live. I’m looking for a coup a couple of weeks/mos after the funeral.
I was thinking young Kim simply asked why there were so many people celebrating Jan 1st, and his parents just told him all the New Year’s parades were people celebrating his birthday.
Definitely smarter than Zippy.
That is a scary-looking kid right there. I’m thinking in terms of pulling wings off flies. BTT.
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