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Whenever he moves into the country, Kim Jong-a takes a "small army" of men with a small block of notes in one hand and a pen in the other. They could even go through reporters so few of them wear military uniforms.
These are members of the Workers' Party of Korea – the only one authorized in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea – as well as members of the army. "They write what the leader says and then ensure that their instructions are followed and executed," says Steve Tsang, director of the China Institute at the School of African and Oriental Studies ( SOAS) of the University of London
This practice takes place during all visits of the North Korean leader to the land, that it is military facilities, farms , schools, factories or recreational facilities. On each site, Kim Jong-un "gives some tips on how to proceed," says James Grayson, retired professor at the University of Sheffield, specialist in Korean issues, at Expresso. At a building inspection under construction Ryomyong Street in Pyongyang "clbad =" js-lazy-picture "data-srcset =" // images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim -Jong-a / 3×2 / mw-240 240w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un/3×2/mw-320 320w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso / 2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un / 3×2 / mw-480 480w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un/3×2/mw-680 680w, / /images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un/3×2/mw-768 768w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un/ 3×2 / mw-860 860w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un/3×2/mw-960 960w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02- 01-Kim-Jong-un / 3×2 / mw-1024 1024w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un/3×2/mw-1280 1280w, //images.impresa. pt / espresso / 2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un / 3×2 / 1600w-1600w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un/3×2/mw-1920 1920w, //images.impresa.pt/expresso/2019-02-01-Kim-Jong-un/3×2/mw-2048 2048w "data-sizes =" 100vw "/>
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At a building inspection under construction Ryomyong Street in Pyongyang
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In the snow, in front of a bronze statue of his father, Kim Jong-il, in Samjiyun [19659008] PHOTO KCNA / AFP / Getty Images
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Repair of a garden of 39 children recently renovated in Pyongyang
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"Guidelines in Place" on the Culture of thousand
PHOTO KCNA / Reuters
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This type of public appearance s & # James Grayson explains that he was a key element in the North Korean propaganda and personality cult promoted by the Kim Dynasty. "It is a characteristic practice of the family that has ruled North Korea."
"It did not start with Kim Jong-un," says Steve Tsang. "It was started when his grandfather was in power," said Kim Il-sung, founder of North Korea, in 1948. He was followed by his son Kim Jong-il (1994-2011) and his grandson, who has ruled the country for more than seven years
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Kim Il-sung meets with a metallurgist in Nampo in 1960
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inspecting houses Kim Jong-il's visit to Rangoon in 1999 to inspect modern houses
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Kim Jong-il's visit in Rangoon in 1999 to inspect modern homes
is accompanied by official news agencies – including the KCNA news agency, which provides the photos accompanying this article (many of them without reference neither date nor place) – transmitting chains par excellence of his "benevolent leadership"
In a mixture of anxiety, knowledge and great wisdom – while he repairs everything, from military equipment to ears of corn – the leader appears to North Koreans as a citizen truly committed to his well-being.
appear appropriately framed in the captured images, proving that the state – and the ideology of Juche (self-sufficiency) – works. Close to the leader, they spare you all the attention and accompany you in your state of mind. Quite often, they make fun of him and even lay down the notebooks to applaud him.
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