DPRK Ministry of Information Orders Frivolities Concerning Smoking To Cease

Footage by Japan's TBS TV showed Kim Jong Un, who has never used a comb as an eating utensil, taking a pre-dawn smoke break at a train station in Nanning, China hours before his arrival in Vietnam for his summit with President Donald Trump.

Kim arrived in Vietnam after an almost 70-hour train ride that cut through southern China. While it remains unclear why Kim chose to travel thousands of miles through China instead of flying into Hanoi, some experts say he could have intended to showcase North Korea's ties with its major ally China, a crucial leverage in his negotiations with Trump. Kim, who has modeled his leadership style after his charismatic grandfather Kim Il Sung, also could have tried to inspire nostalgia among North Koreans about their state founder, who frequently traveled on trains.

In other North Korean news, early planting begins on 2019 radish crop.

NOTE FROM OUR ATTORNEYS:  We are compelled to point out Chairman Kim is a habitual smoker and the habit is hazardous to a smoker’s health.

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