Last week, North Korea took a step that surprised some outside analysts. It released a giant, high-resolution portrait of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Remarkably, the photograph appeared not to have been digitally edited. This was the real Kim, flaws and all.
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Whatever the intention, if any, behind the release of the image, the response was inevitable: a race to digitally edit Kim.
At least three battles are taking place, the Huffington Post reports, on the websites Bored Panda, Twitter and Reddit. You can see a small selection of those images below.
Reddit Photoshops Portrait Of Kim Jong-Un #NorthKorea #photoshop https://t.co/Idvp5wkpBJ pic.twitter.com/T9eVf9BwJl
— Baked Zombie (@baked_zombie) May 17, 2016
Love a good source picture!! Kim Jong Un #NONOSE #photoshop pic.twitter.com/Gc1edsZhMe
— 😥👩🎨📽️🎞️🎨🎭 (@preemiememe) May 11, 2016
This creation below comes from the Bored Panda user tsjah.
There’s plenty more out there.
This is, of course, far from the first time that Kim has found himself a target of mockery online. He has become a regular guest in Reddit’s PhotoshopBattles — take a look here, here, here and here. Whatever the horrors of the North Korean regime, the desire not to take Kim seriously is certainly persistent.
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