From his own toilet to a scrubbed-down chair and coffee table, the North Korean leader’s anti-spy tactics reflect a new kind of arms race
The bizarre spectacle was not just political theatre or a quirk of the supreme leader’s personality, analysts say; it was an act of counter-intelligence.
Their choreography appeared to confirm long-circulating accounts of Pyongyang’s extraordinary biometric security measures.
Days earlier, Japan’s Nikkei newspaper reported that Kim had brought his own toilet aboard his armoured train to prevent his bodily waste from falling into foreign hands – a precaution he has previously deployed at summits with US and South Korean leaders.
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