The leader of North Korea apparently has learned a lesson from Hollywood – image is everything.
The man known to the Western world as running a country that starves its population and menaces neighboring countries with nuclear weapons program is a rock star, a photo released by North Korea’s Central News Agency would have you believe.
More like US rapper Lil’ Kim than Kim Jong Un, the picture shows the leader mobbed by workers at a mushroom farm. From the looks of it, the leader is loved by his people.
Photo: Reuters
照片:路透
Dressed in dark shirt and pants, the 29-year-old stands in the middle of a crowd of women wearing immaculate white jumpsuits, with some grabbing his arms and others who appear to be weeping.
Is it staged? Reuters, which distributed the photo, notes that it is unable to “independently verify the authenticity, content, location, or date of this image.”
(Liberty Times)
Photo: Reuters
照片:路透
北韓領導人顯然從好萊塢那裡學到一課:形象就是一切。
北韓中央通信社發布的一張照片會讓你相信,這名西方世界熟知以讓人民餓肚子來治國,並利用核武計畫威嚇鄰國的男子,是一位搖滾巨星。
與其說像金正恩,不如說更像美國女饒舌歌手Lil’ Kim,這張照片顯示,這位領導人被一座蘑菇農場的工人包圍。看樣子,這位領導人深受他的人民愛戴。
穿著深色上衣與褲子,這位二十九歲的領導人矗立於一群身穿潔白工作服的女性中間,有些人抓著他的手臂,還有些人顯然喜極而泣。
這是事先刻意安排好的嗎?發布這張照片的路透指出,無法「獨立確認此影像的真實性、內容、地點與(拍攝)日期。」
(自由時報/翻譯:張沛元)
The strongest earthquake to hit Taiwan in 25 years killed at least 16 people and damaged dozens of buildings, but the destruction was largely contained thanks to decades of preparedness work. Taiwan sits on the “Ring of Fire,” an arc of intense seismic activity along the Pacific Rim, and — much like neighboring Japan — has a long history of catastrophic quakes. How does April 3 compare with other recent quakes? The April 3 earthquake, which measured 7.4 on the moment magnitude scale, was felt across Taiwan. It was the most severe since a 7.6 magnitude quake in 1999 killed
A: Artificial intelligence technology has been causing controversy lately: a student was caught cheating with AI to win the grand prize in an art contest. B: That’s so absurd. Does this mean that AI paints better than humans? A: Maybe. Luckily, the student was later disqualified. B: And more absurdly, it’s becoming more and more popular to use AI technology to “resurrect” people. A: Yeah, some netizens even posted videos featuring the late singer CoCo Lee, who was “resurrected” by them with AI software. A: 人工智慧的爭議不斷,有學生違規使用AI參加美術展,甚至贏得首獎。 B: 真誇張,這是不是代表AI比人類還強大? A: 或許吧,幸好得獎資格被取消。 B: 還有更誇張的︰讓死者重現的「AI復活」技術越來越熱門。 A: 對啊,還有網友製作已故歌后李玟「復活」的影片呢! (By Eddy Chang, Taipei Times/台北時報張聖恩)
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