After he replaced his father, Kim Jong-il, in late 2011, many North Korea analysts dismissed Kim as unfit to lead. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Kim Jong-un reacts after a test launch in July. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Kim Jong-un inspecting a device, in a picture released after North Korea’s claimed hydrogen bomb test. Fujimoto at that time had just one encounter with Kim Jong-un, when he was seven. Facebook Twitter Pinterest Kim Jong-un and Dennis Rodman, right, in Pyongyang in 2014.

Source: The Guardian September 08, 2017 12:01 UTC