TOKYO – For two years the world has been struggling to understand the true character of North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong Un.

While the repercussions from the brutal execution of his uncle Jang Song Thaek are still being felt at home and abroad, a jovial Kim was seen at a his birthday celebrations last week, greeted by Dennis Rodman.

In an extensive interview with NK News, Kenji Fujimoto, a personal chef that served Kim Jong Il for 13 years, said even in basketball games the teenage Kim knew how to use both carrots and sticks — reprimanding and