You see, guys, on the inside that brutal mass-murdering communist dictator is just like the rest of us.
Via The Washington Post:
State newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported this week that Kim was at a hospital in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang, when he met a 5-year-old boy who had been orphaned. Kim asked the boy what he was doing. The boy explained he had been watching Kim, his dear leader, on a television set.
According to a translation from Yonhap News, Kim responded dryly: “It must have been no fun.”
The comments, apparently made in May but only reported Tuesday, would be no big deal if they happened in any other country. But in North Korea, the admission that Kim’s heavily stage-managed antics could be a little boring is somewhat of a big deal. Over recent years, news of underground political humor in North Korea has surfaced, some even taking direct aim at Kim Jong Un.