Childhood Kim Jong Un Photos Revealed At State Concert The Huffington Post | by Nick Robins-Early Posted: 04/22/2014 10:18 am EDT Updated: 04/22/2014 6:59 pm EDT MORE: North Korea Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Un Kim Jong Un Photos Kim Jong Un Childhood North Korea Photos North Korea Kim Jong Un Baby Photos North Korea surprised friend and foe by releasing previously unseen childhood photos of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. Since the image of the countrys leaders has long been a carefully controlled and crafted part of the nations cult of personality, the release of the pictures came to many completely unexpected. The Telegraph reported on Tuesday that the images were projected in large during a state-sponsored Air Force concert on April 16. Footage of the event shows that a mini-slideshow displayed photos of Kim as a smiling chubby-cheeked little boy while a captive audience clapped in time. As with most photos of young dictators, its an oddly unsettling sight to see. The toddler in the images seems a far cry from the brutal leader whos been accused by the United Nations and international human rights groups of running the worlds largest prison state -- although the military uniform and posing in a cockpit of a jet arent exactly your average kids picture material either. (YouTube/DPRKMusicChannel) (YouTube/DPRKMusicChannel) (YouTube/DPRKMusicChannel) North Korea has kept a tight lid on information about its leaders lives. Kim appeared in public for the first time mere months before his fathers death and since then, little remains known about the Supreme Leaders private life. The BBC notes for example that while Kim is believed to have married his wife Ri Sol Ju in 2009, North Korean state media only confirmed rumors about the union in 2012. And while the couple is believed to have welcomed their first child in 2010, it took a trip by Dennis Rodman to the secretive nation to bring news of Kims child to the west.
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