19-05-2025
Kim Jong-un kneels at grave of mentor who called him ‘Jong Unny'
One of the perks of being the hereditary dictator of the world's most repressive state is that you do not have to kneel before anyone.
But for the third year in a row, North Korea's supreme leader, Kim Jong-un, has bent his knee in honour of a man almost unknown to the rest of the world, who knew him by the nickname 'Jong Unny'.
Photographs in state media showed Kim laying a flower at the at the grave of Hyon Chol-hae, a senior military officer who died in 2022 at the age of 87, in a gesture that offers intriguing insights into Kim's personality and leadership style.
Hyon served under Kim's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, and his father, Kim Jong-il. As a mentor to the current
