Kim Jong-un 'climbed' the 2,744m Mount Paektu in smart leather shoes, North Korean state media claims
Peak has sacred role in Korean folklore and has been used to lend gravitas to the Kim family’s propaganda
According to the Rodong Sinmun, the official state newspaper, Mr Kim “said that he had often climbed Mount Paektu but this is the first time to have in mid-winter such nice weather, rare to be seen even in spring”.
It continued: “His eyes reflected the strong beams of the gifted great person seeing in the majestic spirit of Mount Paektu the appearance of a powerful socialist nation which dynamically advances full of vigour without vacillation at any raving dirty wind on the planet.”
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