A defector from North Korea says Kim Jong Un is significantly weaker than portrayed -- despite images broadcast to the world last week of large crowds cheering the tyrant’s fiery rhetoric. "On the surface they look thankful, but none of it is genuine," the defector told Sky News in South Korea. Related Image Expand / CollapseEven in the hermit country, he said access to information about the outside world was increasing inside North Korea. Related Image Expand / CollapseThe suffering in the impoverished kingdom includes those serving in the military, the defector said. Hubert Youngwhan Lee, the Transitional Justice Working Group's executive director, told Sky News the regime tends to use certain areas for the gruesome display.

Source: Fox News August 14, 2017 16:52 UTC