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Kim-Jong-un's Voice Is Very Different From What You'd Expect

Kim-Jong-un's Voice Is Very Different From What You'd Expect

Surprising.

Josh Teal

Josh Teal

It's only just occurred to me, as it probably has to you, that I've never heard North Korean leader Kim Jong-un actually speak.

I've seen footage of him doing a lot of waving and smiling, like any other world leader, but not addressing his people until a clip of a speech he made at the 7th Congress of the Workers' party was released.

In the 18-minute video, the 33-year-old dictator walks into a vast and full auditorium to a lengthy standing ovation. Sadly, it appears North Korean citizens have been regressed so much they don't know how to clap properly.

After signalling the crowd to simmer down, King-Jong-un begins to do his best Tom Waits impression. Tom Waits with the hair of a 14-year-old lad.

Kim-Jong-un, like his father Kim-Jong-il, is considered a dictator by anyone outside of North Korea. Therefore, you'd assume with that reputation you'd be able to command your audience a bit better. You certainly wouldn't read from a piece of paper.

He looks like a nervous best man, not someone who would ever be a threat to Western countries.

But, then again, he might just have the flu.

Words by Josh Teal

Featured image credit: Explore DPRK

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Topics: kim-jong-un, North Korea