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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un turns 34 January 8 (we think).
Between testing ballistic missiles and eating extravagant amounts of cheese , North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un has made plenty of pretty outrageous statements about the United States and life in the Hermit Kingdom.
His taunts and tit-for-tat exchanges with President Donald Trump in particular have at times shifted the needle from crazy to dangerous, with the two leaders engaging in a heated back-and-forth over the possibility of nuclear war .
Here are nine of the most bewildering things Kim Jong Un has said since he assumed power after his father passed away in 2011:View As: One Page Slides
On Trump's speech at the UN calling him "Rocket Man":
Source: The Guardian
On North Korea's missile range:
Source: Business Insider
On North Korea's nuclear power:
Source: New York Times
On pre-emptive nuclear strikes:
Source: New York Times
On massacres that anti-Communist militias likely committed during the Korean War:
Source: New York Times
On rocket launches buoying North Koreans' spirits:
Source: New York Times
On turning a South Korean island into a "sea of fire":
Source: Business Insider
On the Fourth of July:
Source: The Guardian, BBC
On Trump's capacity for rational thinking:
Source: BBC