I have two major interests
one of them is North Korea
and the other is my secret
I will never tell
I've made so many videos on North Korea
Kim Jong Un has become a subscriber
so I thought I'd get back to my roots
and make a countdown video on the big man himself
since after all
he is the most interesting man alive
here's an interesting fact about Kim Jong Un
his eyebrows are disappearing
if you look at old photos of him his brows look noticeably longer
slowly over time they have been shrinking
but nobody outside of his inner circle has any idea why
some say it's a rare medical disorder
but others say big Kim has been reducing them on purpose
perhaps he thinks a leader should have small eyebrows
personally I feel the opposite
the more hairy a person is, the more I trust them
still, I do believe Kim Jong Un shaves his eyebrows
because despite all his flaws
he does take pride in his appearance
and that brings us to our first moment
when Kim Jong Un unveiled the worst haircut known to man
it was 2015
and after years of people making fun of his hair
Kim became the style icon he was born to be
seeming to defy gravity
the new trim took the world by storm
with people in the west even getting it
the immediate question is why
why would Kim Jong Un adopt such a radical change
experts agree it was a calculated decision
perhaps to make him look taller
we don't actually know how tall he is
but he is thought to wear shoe lifts
as to not look smaller than other world leaders
world leaders tend to be significantly taller than the average person
and studies show that CEOs and business leaders generally are too
so it's obvious why he would want to appear taller
and that might not be the only benefit of the hairstyle
some believe it's true purpose is to make Kim Jong Un look more like his grandfather
Kim Il Sung
another interesting fact
despite being dead, Kim Il Sung is technically still the president of North Korea
four years after his death he was declared the eternal president
to serve until the end of time
his son too is an eternal leader
after his death in 2011
Kim Jong Il was declared eternal general secretary of the communist party
worshiped by immortal gods by the people of North Korea
a ridiculous cult of personality has been built around them both
maybe the hair is Kim Jong Un's way of taking advantage of that cult of personality
but even before the change he was sensitive about his hair
when a barbers shop in London began using an image of Kim Jong Un to advertise
they were visited by officials from the North Korean embassy
who demanded they stop disrespecting Big Kim
another great moment is when Kim Jong Un rode a horse up a sacred mountain
North Korea's tallest mountain
the footage of his ascent was glorious
and at the top they did a photo shoot
when you see the horse it kinda looks like a unicorn without the corn
speaking of which
the North Korean government claims that unicorns are real
I think at this point they're just throwing out ideas to see how much people believe
In 2015 they claimed that Kim Jong Un learned to drive at the age of 3
every time Kim Jong Un meets with a foreign leader something weird happens
when he met with Putin they had what might be the longest handshake in history
after about 30 seconds you can tell by the look on Putin's face
well, that he hates it
but you can't just stop a handshake
not with Kim Jong Un
not with a man so charismatic
so they just kept going
when it comes to international summits
big Kim always arrives by train
this is because he is terrified of flying
his father and grandfather are scared of flying too
in many ways it was the kryptonite of the Kim dynasty
so every time you see Kim Jong Un arrive at a conference
you'll notice it's by train
this gave us another fun moment when his translator didn't leave the train in time
and had to run to catch up
if he was a little slower his home village would probably have been burned down
but he made it just in time to translate
last year Kim Jong Un banned everyone in North Korea from laughing
the ban lasted for 11 days
and is to mark the ten year anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Il
and of course the only way to properly mourn is to ban an entire country from laughing
it's unknown if anyone was actually arrested for laughing
but to be fair I think they're pretty used to bans
earlier this year North Korean tv aired a fantastic new propaganda video
showing a missile launch
it was clearly inspired by Hollywood movies
with slow motion shots of Kim Walking in front of a rocket
with the missile in position
he gives the signal to launch
showing him to be the glorious leader he truly is
given the quality of most Hollywood films today
this footage could be up for an Oscar
you'll notice Kim is wearing a leather Jacket
I mention this because he actually banned ordinary North Koreans from wearing leather jackets
it's literally a crime to copy his fashion
also banned are horn rimmed glasses
as a Mao style suits
those last 2 disappoint me because honestly it's all I wear
adding to his action movie persona
Kim Jong Un has in recent years lost weight
but his weight loss was so rapid it had people concerned for his health
around the same time
he was unusually absent from public life
at one point he was not seen publicly for a whole month
news sources claimed big Kim was seriously ill
some even claimed his was brain dead
and a power struggle unfolding within the regime
if that were true North Korea would be in danger of collapsing
as there was no clear successor to Big Kim
most considered his sister to be the front runner
but with their succession process shrouded in secrecy
there was just no way for outsiders to know
what we do know is that only a member of Kim Jong Un's family could be the next leader
as was written into the constitution by his grandfather
and for this reason many experts claimed Kim's disappearance marked the end of North Korea
they point out that since world war two
no family run dictatorship has been able to survive longer than 3 generations
and as big Kim is a third generation dictator
the odds are not looking great
but no
Kim just showed up again as if he'd never left
during the period he lost weight I actually gained some
but to be fair I wasn't riding horses like this
you might recognize this woman
she has been North Korea's official news reader since 1971
it's a job she
takes seriously
we might not but she definitely does
in fact she's a legend in North Korea
so Kim recently decided to reward her with a new high rise apartment
the apartment complex opened just months ago
and was conceived as a new way of rewarding influential citizens loyal to the regime
few were as loyal as her
otherwise she would have made a pretty bad news reader
according to reports her family cried for 7 hours straight to show their gratitude
to be honest I would cry too if I had to live in a home in North Korea
especially one that looks weirdly like a hotel
still, it's better than a prison camp
apparently to mark the completion of the apartment complex
North Korea might celebrate with some kind of nuclear weapons test
to me that sounds quite strange
but I'm not Korean
to me the best Kim Jong Un moments are always when he is greeted by North Korean soldiers
they absolutely love him
and so do we all
but their level of devotion to him is a bit much even for me
they love him the way modern art collectors love literally anything
it's a beautiful thing to see