Ouch. Even the N.Y. Times‘s Choe Sang-Hun, who had recently compared Ri to Kate Middleton, sounds a little like Perez Hilton:The South Korean news media also noted the apparent “belly fat†— or is it a baby bump? — that Ms. Ri has developed. The South Korean spy agency believes that Ms. Ri and Mr. Kim already have a child.
Ms. Ri has drawn international attention since she began accompanying her husband in public early last month. Her expensive-looking designer suits stand out among the North Korean elites, who typically wear olive-colored military uniforms and drab Mao suits. Some outside analysts even consider her appearance as a sign of potential change in leadership and even lifestyle that Mr. Kim could bring about as a youthful leader who studied in Europe as a teenager. (Recent visitors to Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, reported seeing miniskirts, high heels, Nike hats and Hello Kitty cellphone accessories.)
But Ms. Ri’s fashionable style magnifies how disconnected the ruling Kim family remains from the public.
A famine in the 1990s killed numerous North Koreans and drove many others to flee to China and South Korea. The regime still cannot feed its own people and needs outside aid. But the Kim family has lived in style.
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