KIM JONG FUN

Kim Jong Un Watches Tourists Use Waterslides in Bizarre Propaganda Stunt

Beach resort will generate a “wave of happiness,” says North Korean dictator.

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un ditched the nuclear missile launch button for a rubber ring Tuesday, parking himself—cigarettes and soda to hand—beside the twin waterslides of his shiny new Wonsan-Kalma beach resort. Wearing his trademark dark suit, Kim sat alongside wife Ri Sol Ju and daughter and heir-apparent Kim Ju-ae to watch locals torpedo down the slopes, The Guardian reported. The hereditary dictator hailed Wonsan-Kalma—which stretches across three miles of sand and is also said to include 54 hotels, several shopping malls, dozens of restaurants, five bars, a movie theater, mini-golf, and two video game arcades—as one of the country’s “greatest feats” of the year, the state-run KCNA news agency said Thursday. Ribbon cut, Kim predicted that the seaside splash zone will generate a “wave of happiness” and “play a leading role” in North Korean tourism culture. Foreigners are not welcome, at least not yet.