North Korea's secretive government have been criticized worldwide for human rights abuses and crimes against humanity, as its people have suffered ongoing famine and disease.
“Kim Jong-Un’s power is built on the continued abuses inflicted on the North Korean people because he sits at the helm of a central government apparatus that uses public executions, extensive political prison camps, and brutal forced labor to maintain control,†Phil Robertson, deputy Asia director at Human Rights Watch, said in a recent report.
But not all countries have been critical of North Korea.
Indonesia and North Korea have maintained friendly ties for decades, according to the AFP. An early rapport was established between Kim Jong Un's late grandfather, Kim Il Sung, and Rachmawati's father, Sukarno, who served as president of Indonesia from 1945 to 1967.
Kim Il Sung, who died in 1994, was posthumously given the same award that is now going to his grandson, while Rachmawati holds an honorary chairwoman position on Pyongyang's Korean reunification preparation committee, according to United Press International. Rachmawati's sister, Megawati Sukarnoputri, is also a former president of Indonesia and leader of a major political party.
The Sukarno Education Foundation, also known as the Sukarno Centre, will give Kim Jong Un the award in September.
In 2013, Malaysia's privately run HELP University awarded Kim an honorary doctorate in economics despite the fact that his nation remains among the poorest in the world.
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