Kim Jong-un: North Korea's 'Dear Leader' is different

In the two years since he came to power, Kim Jong-un has wrought significant changes on his nation. Few of those changes have benefited his 24.76 million subjects

Who is the worst of the Kims? There is stiff competition for this title, but during the first two years of his stranglehold on North Korea, Kim Jong-un has made a good fist of preparing a claim. The young scion of the family which has dominated North Korea for 65 years inherited the leadership of the “Democratic People’s Republic” on 17 December 2011. Since then, Kim has caused a perilous international crisis by testing a nuclear weapon and threatening to use it against America and South Korea. He distributed that strange photograph of himself supposedly in the act of ordering “merciless” nuclear strikes against the US mainland. At home, he has significantly expanded at least one of the country’s vast complexes of prison camps, according to Amnesty International. And last week, Kim announced the execution of his “thrice-cursed” Uncle Jang.

Even by the standards of the world’s tyrants, this is pretty egregious behaviour. Given that Kim is only 30 and has spent a mere two years in office, he is shaping up well in the dictator stakes. But how does he compare with his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, who was in charge for 46 years, and his father, Kim Jong-il, who ran North Korea for 17?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10522668/Is-Kim-Jong-un-shaping-up-to-be-the-worst-of-the-Kims.html

10 ways North Korea's 'Dear Leader' is different

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