Apparently Kim Jong Il’s publicist is not big on liver spots.
The Chosun Ilbo recently reported that the North Korean government is routinely photoshopping pictures of leader Kim Jong-il to hide dark spots on his cheeks.
A South Korean government official said Monday, “Until last year, we believed Kim Jong-il had dark spots removed from his face. But we’ve recently obtained a lot of evidence showing that the regime is photoshopping mugshots.”
The clue was in photos of Kim in the Chinese media. A South Korean security official said, “All photos provided by the Chinese press show images of him with a face full of liver spots on his cheeks, while those released by North Korean media show a smooth skin tone.”
The Chosun Ilbo reported that photos taken during the dictator’s recent visit to China contrasted sharply with ones released by North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency.
Meanwhile, Kim is currently in Russia and reportedly met with President Dmitry Medvedev, agreeing to return to six-party talks aimed at nuclear disarmament, in exchange for a gas pipeline from Russia, according to the Christian Science Monitor.
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