'Kim Jong-um': the North Korean dictator's doppelgänger - in pictures
As the world awaits the historic summit between Donald Trump, and Kim Jong-un, one man has risen to prominence for his impressions of the North Korean leader. Hong Kong-based Howard X maintains that his character, whom he calls “Kim Jong-um”, was the world’s first professional Kim lookalike
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Finger on the button, Kim Jong-um in his studio in Hong Kong
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Kim inspects the produce in a local supermarket
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Seeing double: Kim practises the wave
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Commuters react as they notice Kim at an underground station
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Kim admires a photo of the North Korean leader hugging the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in
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A woman reacts after taking a selfie with Kim
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Banging the drum for North Korea: Kim relaxes by playing drums in his studio
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Rocket man: Kim enjoys an artwork at a Hong Kong underground station
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Man of the people: Kim waves to admirers while a commuter takes a selfie
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Approach with caution: Kim poses in a shopping mall
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Shady character: Kim tries a pair of sunglasses
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Kim’s kip: the dictator takes a well-earned break
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Kim gets Trumped by a Donald impersonator as he arrives in Singapore for the summit next weekPhotograph: Wong Maye-E/AP
