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DICTATOR Kim Jong Un pops his head out of a tank as he unveils his latest war machine.
The North Korean leader allegedly drove the armoured vehicle as he joined his troops during drills designed as a show of strength in the face of US/South Korean military exercises.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to sit inside an armoured vehicle as he joins his troops during drills amid joint US/South Korean military exercisesReuters
Kim, pictured, has ruled the East Asian country since 2011He said the tank was the “world’s most powerful” and told his troops to prepare for war.
Analyst Yang Uk, of the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, said: “The South Korean-U.S. training is over, but the North’s isn’t over yet.
“They won’t just stand still … they’ve been talking about war.”
North and South Korea have been divided since the end of the Second World War.
Following years of increasingly bloody incidents on the border, South Korea was invaded by the North on June 25, 1950.
It’s estimated a total of 2.5 million civilians died in the ensuing war.
The fighting officially ended in 1953 when an armistice was signed and a demilitarised zone created to separate the north and south.
However no peace has never been signed between the two countries.
Technically, the two sides of Korea are still at war.
They are separated by a 160-mile long demilitarised zone which has been the scene of numerous clashes and skirmishes.
Many military experts believe the prospect of a new war is unlikely but tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul have remained extremely high for decades.
Dictator Kim poses with his troops during the exercisesReutersHIGH-FLYING KOREA
PRIVATE islands, a string of palaces, and a personal harem of thousands of women aren't exactly what Karl Marx had in mind in his vision of a worker's paradise.
But that’s exactly what communist despot Kim Jong-un spends his blood-soaked billions on while his North Korean citizens live in destitution and fear.
In 2021, the tyrant reportedly demanded that the US lift sanctions on importing “high-class” alcohol and luxury suits before denuclearisation talks couldresume.
Park Jie-won, head of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service, says the demand for luxuries was “not just for Kim Jong Un’s own consumption but to distribute to Pyongyang’s elite”.
Kim’s taste for the finer things in life have been legendary since he became Supreme Leader of North Korea in 2011.
He’s estimated to be worth at least $5billion (£3.6billion) and likes to splurge it like most billionaires — on fleets of luxury vehicles, a sprawling property portfolio and the best culinary delights money can illegally import.
That’s in stark contrast to the estimated 60 per cent of North Korea’s 26million citizens who currently live below the poverty line, struggling to survive.
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