Kim Literally Gallops Off Into Sunset In Latest N.Korea Propaganda Video

Mystery solved? Is this why Kim Jong Un has been rapidly slimming up? A new North Korean propaganda video shows him galloping swiftly through a forest on a white horse, and ends with the dictator gazing wistfully out toward a sunset while trotting on a beach. For much of the past year there’s been rampant speculation about his health, as Kim has made appearances while getting thinner and thinner. A CBS News report describes of the new footage:

The propaganda film makes coded reference to the country’s “worst-ever hardships” in 2021, showing footage of Kim carefully making his way down stairs as a narrator describes how his “body has been completely withered away” by hard work.

Kim Jong Un rides white horse in new North Korea propaganda videohttps://t.co/2cEVgku5gv pic.twitter.com/CElgFGcvT8

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 4, 2022

Among the “worse-ever hardships” has been a reported severe food crisis in the country. The clip above, which is taken from a longer documentary, appears an attempt to show Kim as strong and in control, in solidarity with the people. 

According to The Hill, the broader film admits the ongoing crisis: 

A North Korea state media documentary admitted there is a “food crisis” occurring in the country. The two-hour film, called “The Great Year of Victory 2021,” showed North Korean President Kim Jong Un discussing the food shortage, an uncommon admission by the leader, The Washington Post reported. 

“What is urgently needed in stabilizing the people’s livelihood is to relieve the tension created by the food supply,” Kim said in the movie that aired on Tuesday.

The country, already in extreme isolation and technically still in a state of war with the south, has been hit by an extended self-imposed border shutdown to keep out the pandemic – impacting trade and the food supply – and also the availability of international aid.

Everything including badly needed farming equipment has been blocked, exacerbating a crisis also caused by harsher than usual monsoon seasons and flooding of the past couple years.

One analyst at the North Korea Studies at the Sejong Institute, Cheong Seong-chang, described to AFP the symbolism behind the white horse scene: “The horse-riding scenes, in particular, seem to have been produced to show off his health at home and abroad.” He added, “It shows his strong determination and motivation for the new year.”

Or then there’s some alternate explanations going around…

And then he eats it https://t.co/BM0uIvZCiu

— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 4, 2022