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left-of-center2012

(34,195 posts)
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 10:30 PM Aug 2018

Kim Jong Un sports casual look for fish-pickling plant

A seemingly carefree Kim Jong Un visited a fish-pickling plant wearing a floppy straw hat, a white T-shirt and a broad grin. The diminutive dictator inspected stockpiles of food – not missiles, for a change – packaged like Western brands such as Nutella at the Kumsanpho plant in South Hwanghae Province.

The vast array of food belied the stark reality of famine across the Hermit Kingdom.
The outing was one of several recent visits to manufacturing factories as Kim seeks to showcase the country’s domestic economic strength — despite the economy shrinking 3.5 percent last year.

Kumsanpho makes 30 pickled fish products including eel, anchovy and shrimp that come in a variety of salty and spicy options.

The leader typically sports his signature Mao-style suit on official occasions, but perhaps embraced the casual duds to stay cool during the country’s recent heat wave.

https://nypost.com/2018/08/08/kim-jong-un-sports-casual-look-for-fish-pickling-plant-photo-op/

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Princess Turandot

(4,787 posts)
8. Something about smiling North Koreans is coming to mind...
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 11:03 PM
Aug 2018


I wonder what people do with those notebooks when they are filled up.

struggle4progress

(118,350 posts)
9. Well, I'm afraid I'm old school: when you go fish-pickling, I really believe you should wear
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 11:03 PM
Aug 2018

a six foot long red tie and a bleached dead ferret hat. And white is not a very good color for serious fish-pickling enthusiasts: pickle juice spots stand out against it. Don't blame me if the world goes to hell in a hand-basket

Solly Mack

(90,787 posts)
10. He's creepy. Regardless of what he is wearing. Creepy.
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 11:11 PM
Aug 2018

I get the feeling he shoots women tied to his bedpost in much the same manner as the character King Joffrey from Game of Thrones.

I really do. That or something equally as heinous.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)
13. He must have thought Pompeo was on his way for another state visit
Wed Aug 8, 2018, 11:41 PM
Aug 2018

Had to escape to another goofy photo-op to humiliate him again.

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