After he became the leader of North Korea, Kim Jong-un has gained 96 pounds. This is mainly because it is said that Young Kim looks similar to Kim Il-sung, Prime Minister of North Korea (1948–1972) and later President (1972–1994). read more
Kim Jong Un may be living large, but his people are starving Millions are starving. | Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images One report found that 75.1% of the country’s population — 25.1 million people — is classified as food insecure, and chronic malnutrition is rampant. read more
Aiden Foster-Carter, an expert on North Korea and honorary senior research fellow in Sociology and Modern Korea at Leeds University, attributes the secrecy around Kim Jong Un to life in North Korea being on a “need-to-know basis.” “We’ve actually seen his [Kim Jong Un’s] wife more than Kim Jong Il [his father] because he had a very complicated love life,” explains Foster-Carter. read more