If you every thought you could go drink-for-drink with tyrannical dictator, think again.
According the former sushi chef of Kim Jong-Un, North Korea’s communist dictator, the leader has quite the penchant for fine wine and French cuisine. Reportedly, Kim once appeared at a dinner with six attractive women and boasted about downing 10 bottles of fine Bordeaux in one night.
It’s been long-rumored that Kim Jong-Un’s health has been on the decline. According to South Korea’s spy agency, the ruler has put on about 90 pounds in four years, bringing his weight to around 290 lbs.
Shocker. I guess that’s what happens when all you do is gorge yourself on caviar, swiss cheese and fine steak. You know, all while his people starve.
Kim Jong-Un’s struggle with health apparently didn’t slow down North Korea’s state-run propaganda machine, either. According to Rodong Sinmun, the media outlet for the North Korean Worker’s Party, their brave leader’s health has been declining because of constant factory visits to “show concern for the health of other workers.”
Family health history isn’t on his side, either. Kim Jong Un’s father, Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack at the age of 70.
While we can all laugh about outlandish, childish claims made by the North Korean ruler, the situation for the North Korean people is hardly worth laughing about. As the 25 million people of North Korea are starving, they’re slaving away to maintain their Communist ruler’s man-child playboy lifestyle.
One can only hope that North Korea will one day depose the tyrannical Kim family that has ruled them for the past 68 years. But if famine, execution, and starvation aren’t enough to draw attention to an often-forgotten corner of the world, I don’t know what will. As the saying goes, what comes around goes around. No one lives forever, and Kim Jon-Un's lavish lifestyle is bound to catch up with him one day.