Indonesia awards global statesmanship prize to Kim Jong-un
Siobhan Fenton THE INDEPENDENT
Previous Recipients: Bapu, Suu Kyi
Kim Jong-un has been awarded a prize for global statesmanship.
The North Korean dictator is to receive the award from the Bali-based Sukarno Centre. The news was announced by the daughter of Indonesia's founding president, after whom the award is named.
Rachmawati Soekarnoputri said: “We will give the award to President Kim Jongun because he has been consistent in carrying out the ideals of the great leader, Kim Il Sung, which is to fight imperialism. So this will be a sequel, where we give the award to Kim Jong-un for his persistence in fighting neocolonialism.“
Other previous recipients of the award have included Mahatma Gandhi and Aung San Suu Kyi.
Earlier this month, it was reported that the North Korean dictator had ordered the execution of a man who runs a turtle farm. The man had apparently been criticized by Kim for not looking after the turtles well enough. The farmer had retorted that this was due to issues with electricity , water and equipment -complaints which the politician dismissed as “nonsensical“.
The Daily NK reported that the man was shot shortly after the incident. In June, the country was widely ridiculed when it announced it had invented a wonder drug capable of curing Aids, Ebola and cancer.
