Tubby tyrant Kim Jong-un spends millions on luxury imported champagne, vodka and massive piles of cheese while North Koreans starve
The Sun can reveal the dumpy despot, 33, spent £134,000 on scallops last year alone
Tubby tyrant Kim Jong un is well-known for his love of imported foreign delicacies which he gorges on with his political cronies as millions of his countrymen struggle to put food on the table.
He and his court live in splendid palaces in the capital Pyongyang and sprawling estates dotted around the countryside in North Korea while most of his 25 million subjects earn less than £3-a-day.
The nuke-loving despot is desperate to build nuclear missiles capable of hitting the West and is channelling much of the county’s wealth into his arms programme.
But figures obtained by The Sun reveal that he’s just as happy siphoning money away from the starving masses to make sure his drinks cabinet is well-stocked with the finest imported booze.
Details submitted to International Trade Centre by countries doing business with the regime show that Kim makes sure he and his hangers-on do not go without the little luxuries in life.
Last year, married Kim, 33, imported £155,000 of whisky from Germany, Denmark and Georgia.
The dictator – who was schooled in Switzerland where he developed a taste for Johnnie Walker Scotch and French cheeses – also imported £2,000 of rum from Germany and Denmark.
Germany was also the source of £6,764 of gin and £108,000 went on vodka from Russia, and former Soviet states Georgia and Belarus.
North Korea imported £22,000 of liqueurs with £9,000 worth of the drinks from France.
A further £219,000 went on wine and champagne from countries that including Italy, Bulgaria and Macedonia.
He spent £134,000 on scallops from China and £18,000 on speciality coffees from Germany and Italy.
And his beloved cheese? He ordered imports costing £65,000 from nations including Italy and Russia.
He also spent £59,000 on chewing gum.
Kim's splurges on luxury items are in stark contrast to the plight of his impoverished people.
A UN Food and Agriculture Organisation report stated that North Korea remains one of the 34 nations in the world needing external aid to feed its people.
The agency estimates around 2.8 million 'vulnerable' people in the North face an 'ongoing struggle with under-nutrition and a lack of vital protein and fat in the diet.'
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