North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has scaled the country's highest mountain to mark the anniversary of the day his late father was given the second-highest military rank. Photo / KCNA
North Korea has released a set of photographs designed to boost the image of leader Kim Jong Un.
The pictures, released by North Korean state media, show Kim, 32, at the top of North Korea's highest mountain, the 2750m Mt Paektu near the Chinese border, and suggest he scaled the
peak in nothing but an overcoat and leather shoes.
The images show him smiling on the top at sunrise before visiting troops at the mountain's base.
Upon arriving at the top, Kim greeted Korean People's Army pilots, telling them that the climb had given him mental energy "more powerful than nuclear weapons", according to state media.
This is just the latest of the dictator's publicity stunts published in state media, praising him for unbelievable feats. Last week it was claimed Kim could drive by the age of 3.
