“One day, Kim Jong-il ordered a group of dancers to perform naked and told senior officials to dance with them,” said the North Korean leader’s former chef Kenji Fujimoto in an interview with a local media outlet. He explained that Kim was trying to “recreate the strip shows in the West.”
Photos which back up his story have been circulating on a Chinese website. One is one black and white photo of dancers in the 1970s at a “pleasure party” for the late Kim Il-sung, while two others are of a private dance performance along with Kim Jong-il’s face edited on to them.
The older photo portrays dancing one may see at a luxuary hotel or a nightclub.
However, the two recent ones are very different -- starting with the outfits the dancers are wearing. They wore see-through Korean traditional jackets and short skirts that are open in the front. Their underwear can be clearly seen which makes them like any other strippers in the West.
Fujimoto also claimed that Kim classified his female dance troupes into four categories according to their height (155cm, 160cm, 165cm and 170cm) and had them compete against each other.
“Kim Jong-un, the heir, became wide-eyed with fascination whenever he saw the North Korean dancers perform,” the ex-chef said.
Photos which back up his story have been circulating on a Chinese website. One is one black and white photo of dancers in the 1970s at a “pleasure party” for the late Kim Il-sung, while two others are of a private dance performance along with Kim Jong-il’s face edited on to them.
The older photo portrays dancing one may see at a luxuary hotel or a nightclub.
However, the two recent ones are very different -- starting with the outfits the dancers are wearing. They wore see-through Korean traditional jackets and short skirts that are open in the front. Their underwear can be clearly seen which makes them like any other strippers in the West.
Fujimoto also claimed that Kim classified his female dance troupes into four categories according to their height (155cm, 160cm, 165cm and 170cm) and had them compete against each other.
“Kim Jong-un, the heir, became wide-eyed with fascination whenever he saw the North Korean dancers perform,” the ex-chef said.