In the s Kim and his two siblings were sent to school in Bern, Switzerland, where they studied German and French, and mingled with other international students. The maternal aunt who looked after them later defected to the US. She and her husband spilled details to American intelligence that authorities were unlikely to obtain elsewhere about the mysterious Kim family. She says they visited a Disney amusement park in Paris, swam in the French Riviera, dined in restaurants in Italy and skied the Swiss Alps.
He played constantly. He even slept with a basketball, she said. His classmates later recalled to reporters that he had the newest Sony PlayStations complete with basketball games and the latest Air Jordan shoes. But Ko said Kim Jong Un had known since his 8th birthday party that he was destined for more important things. Once she was gone, they believed they would have no champion within the inner circle of power in Pyongyang to protect them.
They moved to the US, opened a laundry business, and sent their children to American colleges. In her interview with the Washington Post, Ko spoke of the hope that they might one day be able to return to North Korea. Ko and her family are unlikely to find a welcoming reception should they ever return. Since assuming the mantle of leadership, Kim Jong Un has demonstrated a ruthlessness that has spurred even more fantastical theories about his personality and what motivates him.
Kim Jong Un did little to hide his emotions that day, wiping tears from his face as around him, people fell to their knees in despair. Observers speculated that the Great Successor was a puppet, manipulated by veterans of the ruling class, his uncle Jang Song-taek and his wife. His tenure, then, began on a brutal note. Vitor surprised his sister with a Korean theme, yes, only it was North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un plastered all over the room.
Vitor designed a poster of a smiling Kim Jong donning a birthday cap. The cake too had tiny cutouts of Kim Jong snapped in different poses.
Ironically, K-pop is banned in North Korea. The year of his birth was supposedly changed to be more auspiciously aligned with that of his grandfather Kim Il Sung's, just as his father's had before him.
He may or may not have three children. He may have an explosive temper, something his former girlfriend reportedly experienced during his school years in Switzerland.
Kim Jong Un celebrates 34th birthday Keen observers have said he's sick, and suffering from gout. They've said he's isolated and in danger of being overthrown, and that there are assassination plots against him. That he's weak and spoiled and surrounded by yes-men. It won't be long, defectors claim, before he's gone. There's no sign, however, of that happening any time soon. In a startling diplomatic breakthrough, US President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with Kim -- a calculation that could be the young dictator's ultimate survival strategy.
The meeting follows whirlwind diplomatic efforts by South Korea, which invited the North to participate in the Winter Olympics, easing tensions on the peninsula following a year of North Korean nuclear and missile tests and heated rhetoric and threats of military action from the US.
Read More. Kim Jong Un, according to the South Korean envoy who met him, has said he's prepared to discuss giving up the country's nuclear capabilities -- a dramatic departure from his previous stance. The historic gathering will also be an opportunity to find out more about the mysterious and isolated leader.
Kim Jong Un's mysterious inner circle Since his ascension to the supreme leadership of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, as North Korea is officially known, Kim has wasted little time embracing his grandfather's dual-track policy of military development alongside economic growth.
He attends military drills and exercises and mans artillery posts official propaganda declares he is a military genius. He inspects bases within view of South Korea and adopts a posture of resolute command. At the same time, he has shifted the power base away from the military and back to the ruling Worker's Party. He summoned a gathering of the party congress last year for the first time in 36 years. North Korea's Workers' Party: A dominant force He pushes economic development and high-profile construction projects.
And he is as focused on nuclear advancement as his forefathers were before him, arguably even more so. Yet his belligerent stance could have as much to do with facing down domestic rivals skeptical of a young heir apparent and his ability to govern the isolationist state as it has with presenting a veneer of invulnerability and strength. South Korea has its own longstanding narrative, portraying the northern regime as weak, isolated and unstable.
Government sources have leaked "credible" information that was later proven to be false. For example, in , it was widely reported that Kim executed architect Ma Won Chun because he didn't like the design of Pyongyang's new airport.
Ma later appeared in state media, seemingly alive and well. All conclusions over Kim Jong Un's motives are speculative at best, and preposterously hysterical at worst. Early years.
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