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KIM'S PARTY PARADISE

North Korea’s answer to Ibiza where tyrannical Kim Jong-un plots world domination during champagne and cheese-fuelled mega yacht parties

Former Chicago Bulls basketball player Dennis Rodman, who was once a guest at the secretive resort, compared the island to 'Hawaii or Ibiza'

THESE aerial pictures show Kim Jong-un’s party island– dubbed 'North Korea’s Ibiza' – where the nuke-loving dictator entertains his cronies and plots world domination just like a James Bond villain.

The sprawling resort comprises of luxury villas dotted around Kim’s giant private palace on a wooded estate on the east coast of the hermit nation.

 Kim Jong-un's sprawling estate can be seen in the top right of this image with the dotted breakers in the sea at his own private marina
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Kim Jong-un's sprawling estate can be seen in the top right of this image with the dotted breakers in the sea at his own private marina
 A wider shot of Kim's estate shows a private bridge linking to another part of the island which has a railway, an air strip and a sports stadium
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A wider shot of Kim's estate shows a private bridge linking to another part of the island which has a railway, an air strip and a sports stadium
 Basketball star Dennis Rodman was a guest of Kim's at the party island
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Basketball star Dennis Rodman was a guest of Kim's at the party islandCredit: Getty Images

As millions of North Koreans starve, the despot’s guests – members of the nation’s political elite – dine on the finest imported food like lobsters, scallops and French cheeses and wash it down with bottles of champagne, fine wines, whisky and brandy.

Former Chicago Bulls basketball star Dennis Rodman – who has struck up a bizarre friendship with the dictator – was a guest at the private retreat.

Rodman, who experts claim has had more contact with the tyrant than any other American, talked about the party resort comparing it to Spanish island Ibiza.

He said: “It's like going to Hawaii or Ibiza, but he's the only one that lives there.

“He's got 50 to 60 people around him all the time - just normal people, drinking cocktails and laughing the whole time.

"If you drink a bottle of tequila, it's the best tequila.

"Everything you want, he has the best."

Guests of Kim are given rooms decorated with imported antique furniture, paintings and tapestries.

 The nuke-wielding tyrant enjoys expensive food and booze with a small group of friends at his private Ibiza-style island
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The nuke-wielding tyrant enjoys expensive food and booze with a small group of friends at his private Ibiza-style islandCredit: Reuters
 An aerial view of the fun fair on the despot's own private party island
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An aerial view of the fun fair on the despot's own private party island

His seaside party pad – close to the port of Wonson – has its own marina and secluded bays patrolled 24 hours a day by heavily armed troops.

Jet skis, yachts and speed boats are moored under covers at the marina.

Kim also has a giant 200-foot super-yacht – fitted with its own array of water chutes and slides – on hand in a dock further down the coast.

And a fleet of Mercedes cars is used to ferry guests to the complex across a private bridge after they arrive at a nearby airstrip.

 Unconventional athlete Rodman described the island as like 'Ibiza' or 'Hawaii'
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Unconventional athlete Rodman described the island as like 'Ibiza' or 'Hawaii'Credit: Reuters
 The large white structure on the far right is Kim's huge yacht which has water slides on the back
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The large white structure on the far right is Kim's huge yacht which has water slides on the back

There is also a private railway station built to service the dictator’s retreat.

Tubby tyrant Kim Jong-un is well-known for his love of imported foreign cheese as millions of his countrymen struggle to put food on the table.

Most of his 25million subjects earn less than £3 a day.

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 2.8million "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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