The young Kim might be a great general and military genius, but how can he possibly be a father to his embattled people?

"I don't think my ego could take it if young Kim had the run of the ship."

A vast mural a short walk away details the event and pictures a young Kim addressing a wildly enthusiastic local population.

Longevity shouldn't just be for the young, eh, Kim?

She had been fortunate too in young Kim.

He'd ridden through the worst the Badlands had to offer and was better prepared than crew like young Kim.

Many doubted at the time that the younger Kim would take over.

Thirty years ago, North Korea's state media presented the younger Kim to the nation as the most competent man for the job.

His sisters encouraged the young Kim to develop his own creativity.

But some rumours about the young Kim are persistent enough, and from a wide enough variety of sources, to be taken seriously.