The first time North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was asked a question by a foreign reporter he did not react. It was 2013, Kim…
The first time North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was asked a question by a foreign reporter he did not react.
It was 2013, Kim had been in power for little more than a year following his father’s death, and international media had been invited to Pyongyang for the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
After a ceremony at a museum to the conflict, the North’s leader suddenly appeared in a corridor, sending the assembled journalists scrambling.
“Kim Jong Un! Channel Four News, UK!” a reporter shouted as he passed. “What message are you trying to send to the West?”
Kim moved on down the passageway, surrounded by aides, leaving the cameraman with a shot of the back of his head.
