• Kim Jong-un's nephew in rare TV interview
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[url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-20000315[/url] [quote=BBC News][B]The grandson of the late Kim Jong-il and nephew of North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has given a rare TV interview from Bosnia, where he is studying.[/B] Kim Han-sol, 17, said that he wished to ''make things better'' for the people in his country. He was speaking to former UN Under-Secretary General Elisabeth Rehn in an interview for Finnish television. He is the son of Kim Jong-nam, eldest brother of Kim Jong-un, who has been living in Macau and China. "I've always dreamed that one day I would go back and make things better and make it easier for the people there," said Kim Han-sol, in fluent English. Sporting ear-studs, styled hair and a black suit, the teenager spoke of his dreams of reunification of the two Koreas in the televised interview. He had South Korean friends, he said, and while it was awkward when he first met them, ''little by little'' they started to understand each other. ''Through meeting people, I've concluded that I will just take opinions from both sides, see what's good and what's bad, and make my own decisions,'' he said. [B]'Waiting for him'[/B] It is not clear why Kim Han-sol agreed to the interview. He first drew international attention in October 2011, when pictures and comments on his Facebook page were reported by South Korean media. His account was quickly blocked and it was reported that he would be studying at the United World College (UWC) in Mostar. Ms Rehn is the patron of the UWC initiative in Bosnia. She is also formerly Finland's Minister of Defence and a UN special rapporteur for Human Rights in Bosnia-Hercegovina. Kim Han-sol said he had never met his grandfather or uncle. He described an isolated childhood spent mostly in Macau and China, after his birth in Pyongyang in 1995. He only realised who his grandfather was after putting ''pieces of the puzzle'' together as he grew up. ''I was actually waiting for him... till before he passed away, hoping he would come find me, because I really didn't know if he knew that I existed," he said. On the succession, he added that he did not know how his uncle, Kim Jong-un ''became a dictator". "It was between him and my grandfather," he said. His father, Kim Jong-nam, 39, was thought to have fallen out of favour in 2001 after he was caught trying to sneak into Japan using a false passport. He told officials that he was planning to visit Tokyo Disneyland. He has maintained a low profile overseas but he was quoted by Japanese TV station Asahi in October 2011 as saying he was opposed to ''dynastic succession''. "My dad was definitely not really interested in politics," Kim Han-sol said, when asked why his father was passed over for succession. As for his own future, he said he pictured himself going to university and then ''volunteering somewhere''. ''I would like to engage in more humanitarian projects, work to contribute to building world peace, especially back home because that is a really important part of me,'' he said.[/quote] Skip to 1:35, it is in English [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_uSuCkKa3k[/media] [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSfVOf4OACs[/media]
Wow, he seems really nice actually. I pictured he would be kind of a shut-in and talk about Great NK countruu.
There is no Kim Chew-bacc because asians can't be hairy.
He speaks really good english.
Seems like the apple was launched from the tree at light speed???
Would be good if they got someone who could speak English fluently to interview him.
Also he has incredible English. He could've been born in America with his accent.
he's surprisingly cute
I'm surprised. I find that he speaks better English than she does. I wouldn't think that they learn English in North Korea, or at least they wouldn't make it that important.
why does it seem like he has an almost american accent?
He has better english than the woman, Although she is Finnish, and Finland has the best accents.
[QUOTE=StupidUsername67;38101409]why does it seem like he has an almost american accent?[/QUOTE] Because many people from Asia learning international english sound like that. My dad's girlfriend speaks like that even though she never learnt english from an american teacher or anything. It's just how english sounds in a generic asian accent. [editline]19th October 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Starship;38101420]He has better english than the woman, Although she is Finnish, and Finland has the best accents.[/QUOTE] Not really, she literally ruined that interview by being painful to listen to. Errrr urrrr um thaaa inteeenationaal couminitreeee errrr
[QUOTE=Judas;38101377]he's surprisingly cute[/QUOTE] Probably the best looking in the whole family
[QUOTE=NoDachi;38101425]Because many people from Asia learning international english sound like that. My dad's girlfriend speaks like that even though she never learnt english from an american teacher or anything. It's just how english sounds in a generic asian accent. [editline]19th October 2012[/editline] Not really, she literally ruined that interview by being painful to listen to. Errrr urrrr um thaaa inteeenationaal couminitreeee errrr[/QUOTE] Finnish accents are hilarious. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWuyrlXI7nA[/media]
[QUOTE=Starship;38101420]and Finland has the best accents.[/QUOTE] hahaha
Kind of surprised that his first interview was for a finnish television. But then again we are the bestest country in the world, suck it non-finnish people.
So I was thinking about it, and what a story it would make if he rose to popularity on his own, outside of his family, eventually going back to North Korea and running it. He could reintegrate North Korea into the rest of the world. That's the shit movies are made out of.
[QUOTE=Starship;38101545]Finnish accents are hilarious. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWuyrlXI7nA[/media][/QUOTE] [I]"I sniff my rose very good"[/I]
[QUOTE=Starship;38101545]Finnish accents are hilarious. [/QUOTE] This is my ridgere." Good thing that they teach more fluent english and pronouncing these days.
[QUOTE=Hammerz;38101205]Wow, he seems really nice actually. I pictured he would be kind of a shut-in and talk about Great NK countruu.[/QUOTE] Would he want to come off as anything else?
Couldn't bare watching that interview because the woman was so annoying to listen to
[QUOTE=smeismastger;38101605]Kind of surprised that his first interview was for a finnish television. But then again we are the bestest country in the world, suck it non-finnish people.[/QUOTE] Here in Norway we demolished all our mental asylums and just sent all the mad people to Finland instead. [editline]19th October 2012[/editline] They integrated perfectly. Especially the people with aphasia because they already spoke the language.
This gives me hope.
[QUOTE=mac338;38101951]Here in Norway we demolished all our mental asylums and just sent all the mad people to Finland instead. [editline]19th October 2012[/editline] They integrated perfectly. Especially the people with aphasia because they already spoke the language.[/QUOTE] When did this happen? Back in the 70-80's we sent like hundreds of thousands of nutjobs of our own to Sweden. No wonder those guys now absolutely hate our language.
I wonder how his korean is.
shes speaking swedish her accent is like a mix between swedish and finnish
[QUOTE=Starship;38101545]Finnish accents are hilarious. [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWuyrlXI7nA[/media][/QUOTE] [img]http://i.imgur.com/LzAtJ.png[/img] Is that a PSU in the sink?
[QUOTE=venn178;38101336]Seems like the apple was launched from the tree at light speed???[/QUOTE] Well one of them had to be alright eventually.
I shat bricks when he said he was the same age as me
[QUOTE=FlamingSpaz;38104819][img]http://i.imgur.com/LzAtJ.png[/img] Is that a PSU in the sink?[/QUOTE] Silly people, that's not what the words "heatsink" and "watercooling" mean
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