Let me get this right out: I don’t think so. The Telegraph is speculating that Kim Jong-Un received plastic surgery in order to look more like the late Great Leader Kim Il-Sung, in order to inspire confidence in the North Korean people who have grown tired of Jong-Il’s mismanagement. The article goes on to state that he never resembled Il-Sung as a child, but I have only heard reports (and personally agree) that he looked just like Il-Sung as a youth (of course resembling the senior Kim as a child of the same age). I’ll buy that they fattened Jong-Un up to look more like him, but I think plastic surgery is a little over the top for succession speculation mongering. But who knows, this is North Korea we’re talking about after all.
Does he not resemble Kim Il-Sung in this popular “2nd most up-to-date” photo when he was around 17-18 year old?
Source: The Telegraph
