What was Kim Jong-un Like as a Boy?
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One interesting tidbit is that Fujimoto introduced Kim Jong-il's sons (including Kim Jong-un) to basketball. He would routinely show them videotapes of the Chicago Bulls championship runs. Kim Jong-un grew to idolize Jordan, Pippen, and ...you guessed it... Dennis Rodman.
Kim Jong Il's grandson was seen enjoying a K-pop concert. Perhaps one day external culture can bring upon change where diplomacy has failed in NK.
"A week later, Shogun-sama [Kim Jong-il] called Fujimoto and informed him that the nannies had been fired: Fujimoto would be the boys' new playmate, a position he would hold until Kim Jong-un was 18. Fujimoto introduced them to video games, remote-control cars, and most important, basketball. Fujimoto's sister in Japan sent him VHS tapes of Bulls playoff games, so Kim Jong-un's first taste of Western hoops came from watching Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman—men who became his heroes."
North Korea (and its leaders) may be strange and unfriendly, but this is not the kind of comment that belongs on Hacker News.