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North Korean dictator was recently seen in propaganda footage with a large black mark on the back of his head.It was the latest in a series of occasions when the tyrant – who has been cutting back on public appearances – has been spotted with the strange marks.READ MORE: Mexican army arrests 167 cartel members in 'biggest op ever' - but it soon backfiresHe was seen with a similar mark in a slightly different place a couple of months ago, when it was visible in the mirror behind him during a meeting with his inner circle.There were marks visible behind his ears in April, when he joined the Army’s 90th anniversary bash.And last summer, the bully was seen with a flesh-coloured bandage on the back of his head during a speech.It’s all led to speculation that he has pain so severe that he needs injections to keep up his strongman act.Michael Madden, an expert on North Korea’s elite, said: “The most likely [possibility] is that it is bruising from receiving injections.“The marks have different colours and appear in different places.

Kim Jong-un as speculation mounts that another relative has stepped into the public eye. The lady is rumoured to be the tyrant's half-sister Kim Sol-song after she was seen shadowing the dictator at multiple engagements.It is believed the woman is in her 30s or 40s and has recently been seen carrying a large handbag at the functions.

North Korea's elite citizens have had their life of luxury revealed after Google Maps satellite images revealed the locations and homes of Kim Jong-un's close allies.The average wage in North Korea is just £1,200 a year with the super-rich allegedly hoarding fancy Western items in the secretive communist dictatorship.As well as the piles of cash, the mega-rich residents are said to own designer clothes, expensive European cars and top of the range Cognac.Images from Google Maps show large mansions, leafy gated compounds and a beach resort, apparently named 'Hermit Kingdom'.North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un allegedly has a secret compound residence near the North Korean coast in the port city of Wonsan.It was reported that Jong-un had built the secluded villa in 2020 at the southern tip of the Hodo peninsula, where Google Maps showed his £5.2million Princess yacht moored up in 2013.Speaking to The Sun, a US-based expert on North Korea, Michael Madden, said: "This is the same residential compound that Dennis Rodman visited during one of his visits to the country."Some sources claim that the Wonsan compound is Kim Jong-un's primary residence."That is to say, he has an official residence in Pyongyang (North Korea's capital city), but spends much of his time in the Wonsan residence."The non-resident fellow at the Stimson Centre previously compared the Wonsan residence to Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property in Florida, calling it "one of his favourite houses".Reuters previously reported that the city is dotted with guest villas, with many of the country's wealthiest residents living in the capital Pyongyang.Madden said: "North Korean elites have a few residences in the capital Pyongyang, particularly along Changkwang Street and

Kim Jong-un will be "thrilled" with the depiction of South Korea in Netflix's smash hit series Squid Game, North Korea experts claim.The show, which paints a bleak picture of an ultra-competitive capitalist society south of the border, will delight the Pyongyang leadership, according to Michael Madden, a nonresident fellow at US political think tank The Stinson Centre.“Kim’s got to be thrilled at how South Korea is being depicted to the world,” he told the New York Post.“He’s always railing about the influence of the West and the consumerism and of South Korean and American society.