Kim Jong-un in pictures: The bizarre photoshoots of North Korea's leader

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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un came to power after the death of his father Kim Jong-il in December 2011. We take a look back at some of the most bizarre photo opportunities that he has taken part in during his time in charge of the highly secretive state.
Kim plays pong? Apparently directing live firing exercises, North Korea's secretive leader appeared to have a pink cased iPad close to hand, presumably so he could indulge in a few rounds of Candy Crush in between explosions...

Picture: Reuters

Kim Hair-gone: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un shows off his new haircut while supervising an 'expanded meeting' of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang Picture: Rex

Kim Jong-un took to the skies above Pyongyang to take a look at a new housing complex being built for scientists...Picture: KCNA

Airforce Un: Kim talks to his top military aide Hwang Pyong-so (R) while on board his plane
Picture: EPA/KCNA

Kim fly with me: An aerial view of the construction site in Pyongyang seen from Kim's plane
Picture: EPA/KCNA

Kim Jong-un's plane above the Pyongyang skyline
Picture: KCNA

Kim Jong-un visits the Mirae Scientists Street construction site in Pyongyang after his fly past
Picture: Rex

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un provides 'field guidance' during a visit to the Ryuwon Shoe Factory in Pyongyang...
Picture: KCNA/Reuters

Kim checks out the studs on the sole of a football boot
Picture: KCNA/Reuters

 

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North Korea finally looks to be catching up with the rest of the world in terms of fashion. Pyongyang, the socialist country's capital, now sees many women walking its streets in high-heeled shoes and wearing figure-hugging clothes. They also sport contemporary east Asian hairstyles and carry smart handbags.
Picture: KCNA/Reuters

Men too have started to wear more flattering clothes; clothes such as tight shirts with sharper, harder collars. However, Kim tends to favour dark military-style suits.
Picture: KCNA/Reuters

Kim Jong-un inspecting the combined foodstuff-processing factory under Korean People's Army (KPA) unit 534, at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
Picture: KCNA/AFP/Getty Images

Kim Jong Top Gun: Kim Jong-un sits in a fighter jet as he guides a flight drill for airmen of the Korean People's Army (KPA) Air and Anti-Air Force
Picture: REUTERS/KCNA

The Korean People's Army Air Force possesses between 1,600 and 1,700 aircraft of different types, mostly of Soviet and Chinese origin including thirty Russian MiG-29 jets
Picture: REUTERS/KCNA

The KPAF is the second-largest branch of the Korean People's Army with an estimated 110,000 personnel
Picture: REUTERS/KCNA

Kim Jong-un smokes a cigarette while visiting a baby home and orphanage in Pyongyang. The facility has over 250 rooms for nursing, education, physical exercise and treatment as well as outdoor and indoor wading pools, parks and various amusement equipment for children.
Picture: Xinhua News Agency/REX

Kim Jong-bun: Kim Jong-un paid a visit to the November 2 Factory of the Korean People's Army. During his visit he toured bread and confectionery workshops and a newly built room dedicated to the history of the factory.
Picture: Xinhua News Agency/REX

Kim Jong-un pays a visit to the November 2 Factory of the Korean People's Army. During his visit he toured bread and confectionery workshops and a newly built room dedicated to the history of the factory.
Picture: Xinhua News Agency/REX

Kim Jong-gunk: Kim Jong-un visits the Chonji Lubricant Factory in North Korea. The paper said Kim called for efforts to improve international competitiveness of North Korean products.
Picture: EPA/Rodong Sinmun

 

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Kim Jong-un(derwear): Kim Jong-un visits the Pyongyang Hosiery Factory. According to the Rodong Sinmun Kim gave 'precious instructions' for improving the management and operation of the factory.
Picture: EPA/RODONG SINMUN

Take me to the river: Kim Jong-un visits the Wolnae Islet Defence Detachment in the western sector of the front line, which is near South Korea's Baengnyeong Island
Picture: REUTERS/KCNA

Helter Skelter: Kim Jong-un smiles while enjoying a ride at the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground in Pyongyang. The North Korean leader, along with his wife Ri Sol-ju, was attending a ceremony to mark the completion of the amusement park.
Picture: EPA/KCNA

Kim Jong-un meets with former NBA star Dennis Rodman in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 7 September 2013, according to the regime's official Korean Central News Agency. The news wire said that they watched a friendly basketball game and had dinner together.
Picture: EPA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un inspecting Korean People's Army Unit 323
Picture: KNSKCNA/AFP/Getty Images

These youngsters were apparently overcome with happiness at Kim's appearance at the Korean Children's Union
Picture: KCNA/AFP

Kim Jong-un smokes a cigarette at the General Satellite Control and Command Center in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency in Pyongyang...
Picture: REUTERS

...and he's still puffing on a cigarette during a visit to a new hospital
Picture: KCNA/REUTERS

Kim Jong-un inspects a long-range artillery piece during an inspection of a unit of the Korean People's Army (KPA)
Picture: EPA/KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits Kyongsang Kindergarten
Picture: REUTERS

 

[Gasoline]

Hahahahah ^_^

He's interesting man ,especially his haircut it's very nice .

Although he's whimsical ,despite his political fails he has a funny personality and dangerous at the same time I like that composition .

 

[Gasoline]

I forgot:

Thanks for the awesome pics .

 

[Coltodor]

I remember seeing the picture of Kim with the plush toys a while back. At first I didn't notice it then I saw what was on the background. Also looking at the title I thought this was suppose to be a compilation of Photoshop pictures.

 

[missbishi]

Look at him, smoking away in the hospital and the orphanage, right next to the cots! So evil yet so laughable at the same time! Thanks for the giggle!

 

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Tough guy: Kim's elaborately blow-dried hair has drawn comparisons with Guile in video game Street Fighter

SquarePants: Kim Jong-un's new haircut has inevitably inspired a number of memes on social media

Grand design: Kim Jong-un debuted his 'high and tight' crop during a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in North Korean capital Pyonyang yesterday

Inspiration: One person compared the North Korean leader's new hairstyle to an old-fashioned telephone

Some have compared Kim Jong-Un's new haircut and spectacles look to Dave the Minion in Despicable Me

Uncanny: Kim Jong-un's new look appears to have been inspired by early 90s heart-throb Jason Priestly

Kim's creation: The new look prompted social media users to compare it with his 2014 signature style (left)

Kim Jong-un debuts new high and tight haircut | Daily Mail Online

 

[Rowe992]

LOL! Kim looks looks a child who is in the leadership position because of his family. The guy just looks so ridiculous that I find it hard to take anything he says seriously. When will the people of North Korea put this child in his place and start to properly run their country?

 

[missbishi]

LOL! Kim looks looks a child who is in the leadership position because of his family. The guy just looks so ridiculous that I find it hard to take anything he says seriously. When will the people of North Korea put this child in his place and start to properly run their country?

Not ever. They are brainwashed and oppressed and even the merest hint of subordination will have them thrown in jail.

 

[sillylucy]

I really don't see how these pictures are bizarre. I think that any photo taken out of context can be seen as bizarre. I do love the Jason Preistley comparison in the comments!! Yes!! His hair is just like Kim Jong Un's. Haha!

 

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Tough guy: Kim's elaborately blow-dried hair has drawn comparisons with Guile in video game Street Fighter

SquarePants: Kim Jong-un's new haircut has inevitably inspired a number of memes on social media

Grand design: Kim Jong-un debuted his 'high and tight' crop during a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in North Korean capital Pyonyang yesterday

Inspiration: One person compared the North Korean leader's new hairstyle to an old-fashioned telephone

Some have compared Kim Jong-Un's new haircut and spectacles look to Dave the Minion in Despicable Me

Uncanny: Kim Jong-un's new look appears to have been inspired by early 90s heart-throb Jason Priestly

Kim's creation: The new look prompted social media users to compare it with his 2014 signature style (left)

Kim Jong-un debuts new high and tight haircut | Daily Mail Online

LOL. These pics made my day.

 

[UAE]

I want to get same haircut.

 

[jeremy2]

Those pictures gave me a good insight into this otherwise secretive man. I liked the one where he's strapped in his seat in the amusement park. It only goes to show he's human after all and he also likes to enjoy himself.

 

[wahmed]

I'm sorry but this is hilarious. His haircut makes him look like an oversized 5 year old. I can just imagine him throwing a tantrum because he's not getting his own way.