You couldn’t make it up: ‘Feminist’ Kim Jong-Un hands out cosmetics

North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has been attempting to show off his feminist credentials - by handing out make-up during an airbase visit on International Women’s Day. The enigmatic leader sent his congratulations to the wives of airmen for the global event celebrating women’s achievements as he visited a unit of the secretive state’s air force and inspected a new power station. According to a report in a state newspaper, he did not apparently meet any of the women in person - but asked commanding officers to pass on food and cosmetics he brought as gifts.

Patriotism, faith, anti-imperialist class education and moral education.

Kim Jong-il praises his dad

The supreme leader also came out as an unlikely ambassador for green energy - reportedly speaking about the importance of developing wind, solar and geothermal energy to solve electricity problems in a country where power cuts are a feature of daily life. Typically, as he inspected the base’s personnel hall, he took time to praise his father Kim Jong-Il’s “patriotism, faith, anti-imperialist class education and moral education”, according to the Rodong Sinmun report.