Subjekt: english theme: Liders Presidents Checked by: Rasulova M

By that logic, the young Kim would be naturally endowed with heroic qualities and preternatural strength. In fact when he was announced as the leader in 2011, the pronouncement made clear that he "inherits the ideology, leadership, courage and audacity of [his father] Comrade Kim Jong-il".

Audacity was not an inappropriate word to use: within five years he had executed his uncle, is widely believed to have ordered the assassination of his half-brother in a Kuala Lumpur airport, and North Korea had - so it claimed - developed a hydrogen bomb that could be mounted in an inter-continental ballistic missile (ICBM).