While the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is attracting international attention with threats to the U.S. and South Korea and flexing muscles over his country's missile capabilities, it seems his burger-selling aunt is the one who is pulling the strings, the Telegraph reports.
Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-hui, who runs the only burger shop in Pyongyang, is reportedly the person pulling the strings and assisting the North Korean leader in his primary decisions. Kim Kyong-hui and her husband Jang Sung-taek, were appointed by late Kim Jong-il before he died in 2011, to assist his son in running the state.
Kim Kyong-hui refrains from using the American word "burger" for her offerings; instead it reads "minced meat and bread." The restaurant also offers local beverages such as Pyongyang Cider and Kumgang Draft Beer and is very popular in the capital. The restaurant is a treat for the elite in a state which suffers constant threat of starvation. The country has seen millions of deaths from hunger and disease during her family's rule.
While the Korean peninsula is on a wrong foot with Washington, the 29-year old North Korean leader has been reported missing for more than two weeks now, according to IB Times. He was last cited at a parliamentary session on April 1. His absence has given rise to rumors if Pyongyang has revised its war intentions against South Korea and the U.S.
According to the latest BBC news report, Kim Jong-un appeared at the mausoleum of his grandfather Kim Il-sung and his father Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang. It was to mark his grandfather's 101st birth anniversary. Despite the high tensions with the U.S. and South Korea, speculations are rife that North Korea is reportedly planning on a ballistic missile launch to mark the occasion.
