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Kim Jong Un Looking Through Binoculars is a series of combined GIFs featuring footage of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un looking through a pair of binoculars and seeing a variety of humorous scenes in the distance.

Origin

On March 8th, 2013, North Korea's government-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) broadcasted footage of Kim inspecting a military facility in Jangjae and Mu Islets near the demilitarized zone. In the footage, the North Korean dictator is shown intensely peering at South Korean islands across the border through a pair of binoculars (shown below).

Spread

On March 12th, 2013, a GIF of Jong Un watching over a failed cartoon missile launch was uploaded on Memecenter by a user anthropoceneman^[6]. On March 31st, 2013, Redditor Deadr4t uploaded an edited animated GIF of Jong Un viewing the Denied Encino Man GIF while looking through the binoculars to the /r/funny^[2] subreddit, where it gained over 2,200 votes (88% upvoted) and 100 comments prior to being archived (shown below, left). On April 10th, Redditor minorminer69er submitted a GIF in which Jong Un is pranked with black shoe polish by Barack Obama to /r/funny^[3] (shown below, right). Before the post was archived, it gathered more than 2,500 votes (91% upvoted) and 300 comments.

The same day, CollegeHumor^[1] published a compilation of 10 notable examples from the series. On May 5th, YouTuber FudgeMan654 uploaded a clip of comedian Russell Howard from the BBC 3 television program Good News presenting a clip featuring Jong Un viewing a man thrusting his pelvis while wearing a bar attached to his undergarment (shown below).

On June 27th, 2014, Redditor KEerikkadan91 submitted an animated GIF on Jong Un watching a failed cartoon missile launch to /r/funny,^[4] where it received upwards of 3,500 votes (91% upvoted) and 430 comments prior to being archived (shown below, left). On January 9th, 2015, Redditor hellmelee posted a combined GIF in which Jong Un views Obama edited over the satirical rapper character Supa Hot Fire (shown below, right). In the first month, the post gained over 2,500 votes (89% upvoted) and 40 comments on the /r/Murica subreddit.^[5]

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