The Dear Leader

The Boston Globe's Big Picture ran a hilariously absurd series of photos of the "Dear Leader" looking at all kinds of...well, stuff. This is one that could easily have come out of the Onion.

From the Boston Globe...

The Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's state-run (and only) news agency, sporadically releases photos of reclusive 69-year-old leader Kim Jong-il as he makes "on-the-spot" guidance visits. Kim Jong-il, continuing a practice begun by his father, Kim Il-sung, makes these visits to factories and facilities throughout the country, purportedly to offer his personal guidance. Followed by army officers, security personnel and plant managers - most carrying pencils and notepads to record the guidance of "Dear Leader" - he examines, listens, gives a talk, poses, then moves on, entourage in tow. 

Ripe for the picking, the internet piled on...