Kim Jong-un Riding a Horse

Kim Jong-un Riding a Horse

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Updated Oct 16, 2019 at 11:12AM EDT by Sophie.

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Kim Jong-un Riding a Horse refers to photoshoot involving North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un riding a white horse in the snowy area of Mount Paektu. The images were shared to Twitter in October 15th and inspired Photoshop edits and various captions. Many users compared the images to a similar Vladimir Putin photoshoot.

Origin

On October 15th, 2019, AFP world news provider Tweeted photographs of Kim Jong-un riding a horse captioned, "North Korean state media KCNA releases photos of leader Kim Jong Un riding a white horse on Mount Paektu" (shown below). The tweet gained over 5,400 likes and 160 retweets in a day.




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On October 15th, 2019, The images inspired various captions by Twitter users. Twitter user @Trillburne[3] captioned one image "tfw you yearn to breath the cool alpine air on sacred Paektu Mountain" (shown below). The tweet garnered over 725 likes and 70 retweets in a day.


The Discourse Lover Trillburne tfw you yearn to breath the cool alpine air on sacred Paektu Mountain 9:20 PM 15 Oct 2019

That same day, Twitter user @crispybear1[1] commented "Thank god he hasn't gone full Putin and gone topless" (shown below, left). The tweet accumulated over 1,300 likes and 90 retweets in a day. Many people began photoshopping Putin in the the images of Kim Jong-un. The next day, Twitter user @ClixWizard[2] tweeted, "Which horseman of the apocalypse is he again?" to which Twitter user @Orange_Luc replied "Famine fits the best" (shown below, right).


Joseph Spookyson @ClixWizard Replying to @AFP Which horseman of the apocalypse is he again? Lucas @Orange Luc 7h Replying to @ClixWizard AFP Famine fits the best

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Vipin Narang @NarangVipin Kim Jong Un rides a horse atop Mt Paektu and everyone is focusing on the Putinesque pics but what the hell does this mean? Having witnessed the great moments of his thinking atop Mt Paektu, all the officials accompanying him vere convinced with overflowing emotion and joy that there will be a great operation to strike the world with wonder again and make a step forward in the Korean revolution. -0- 8:43 PM Oct 15, 2019 Twitter for iPhone Just GIGI C @5daughtrs Replying to AFP 11:14 PM -15 Oct 2019 Elliot Wagland elliotwagland It's so good to see these two getting along #putin #Kim JongUn 12:52 AM - 16 Oct 2019 The DeadFellows @TheRedFallows Replying to @elliotwagland #putin #Kim JongUn #Trump 9:30 AM Oct 16, 2019 Twitter for Android Мариыах MaryahsDissent Replying toAFP He's terrified and the horse is fed up 10:18 PM -15 Oct 2019

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[1] Twitter – crispybear1

[2] Twitter – ClixWizard

[3] Twitter – Trillburne

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