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This picture taken by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on June 2, 2013 and released on June 4 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting watch posts defending Mt. Osung and Korean People's Army (KPA) unit 507 in the Kangwon province of North Korea.

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Kim Jong Un stands on Mount Osung next to a sign that reads: "Our beloved Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il pushed a car up to this very place on August 3, 1998."
Kim Jong Un has a tough act to follow. Everywhere he goes he is reminded of his father and grandfather, the two men who preceded him as leader of North Korea.
As he led a cadre of military officers up Mount Osung on Sunday, Kim was confronted again with the legend of his father's achievements. On a hillside clearing the young man paused in front of a sign: "Our beloved Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il pushed a car up to this very place on August 3, 1998."
The images distributed by North Korea's official news agency on Tuesday did not show Kim Jong Un attempting a similar feat. Instead, he was seen strolling gently but purposefully along a grass-lined path leading to the mountaintop. Nevertheless, the welcome he received from a group of soldiers stationed on the hill could scarcely have been warmer.
Previously on PhotoBlog: Kim Jong Un and his (not very) merry note-takers inspect fishery, ski slope

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Kim Jong Un is greeted by soldiers as he inspects watch posts defending Mt. Osung.

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Kim Jong Un inspects watch posts defending Mt. Osung.

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Kim Jong Un meets soldiers in a watch post defending Mt. Osung.







































