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North Korea: Kim Jong-un’s childhood secrets have been revealed
Kim Jong-un was “reckless” and “rough” as a child in North Korea and has not grown up or matured since, the former leader of South Korea’s intelligence service warned.
Nam Sung-woo, formerly of the National Intelligence Service, said Kim’s childhood anger shows the only way to end the ongoing nuclear crisis is to “eliminate” him.
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And it emergend a teenage Kim verbally attacked his own girlfriend in an furious argument about smoking and regularly acted out as a youth.
Nam said: “I was very shocked to found out how Kim swore at his girlfriend over the phone when she asked him to stop smoking.
“This rough manner he displayed made me think things would get complicated once he became ‘king’ of the nation.”
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If Kim is not eliminated, this issue will persist
He said Kim was “hot-tempered and reckless” as a child and had only worsened since. Nam said the only way to stop him was to kill him.
Nam said: “[The recent nuclear test] is largely attributably to Kim’s wild character. If Kim is not eliminated, this issue will persist.”
Very little is known about Kim early life, despite the efforts of an army of South Korean spies like Nam. The Kim dynasty is notoriously private, with even major events like births kept quiet for months.
But it is confirmed that Kim spent time as a youth at a prestigious boarding school in Switzerland, albeit leaving without a single qualification.
Using a fake name Kim became friends with Joao Micaelo, the son of a Portuguese diplomat.
Mr Micaeolo recalled years later the pair were far from the cleverest in the class, with Kim showing little indication he would go onto become the leader of the rogue state.
He said: “We weren’t the dimmest kids in class but neither were we the cleverest. We were always in the second tier.
“Kim tried hard to express himself but he was not very good at German and became flustered when asked to give the answers to a problem.
“The teachers would see him struggling ashamedly and then move on. They left him in peace.”
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He said Kim was far more interested in sport than academics, an obsession which explains his close if bizarre friendship with former US basketball star Dennis Rodman.
Mr Micaeolo said: “He left without getting any exam results at all. He was much more interested in football and basketball than lessons.”
Another former classmate said Kim was “just okay” at school.
He said: “It must have been 1993 when he came to the school. His English was bad at first. He had a strong accent and he was given extra lessons.
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“He also learned German and was OK in the basics of both – but just OK. His English got better but not his German.
“He was good in maths. That sounds like he was a nerd – but he wasn’t. He wasn’t so hot in other subjects. I suppose in hindsight we could have nicknamed him Dim Jong-un. One day he just disappeared.”
Kim was finally pulled from school as his father Kim Jong-il became concerned about his growing love of American culture.
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Mr Micaelo said: “He was surrounded by the best gadgets that the rest of us kids couldn’t afford – TVs, video recorder, a Sony PlayStation. He had a cook, a driver, a private teacher.
“After school we met at the basketball court and threw a few baskets, with both of us pretending to be Michael Jordan. We were all envious of his genuine NBA basketball, which must have cost more than £100.”
Tyrant Kim has moved on from childhood sports and is now focused on building a nuclear arsenal and is embroiled in the North Korea crisis as Pyongyang and Washington continue to trade verbal blows.
North Korea’s sixth nuclear test at the weekend has only served to ramp up tensions on the Korean peninsula.