Photos of Kim Jong-un as a Teenager Revealed

North Korea's state media have published more photos of leader Kim Jong-un as a teenager.

State TV broadcast a documentary recently on the life of Kim’s mentor Hyon Chol-hae, who died last month, that included several stills of the North Korean leader spending time with Hyon.

One shows a young Kim, apparently in his early teens, holding Hyon's hand, while others show him in his late teens at an on-site inspection with his father Kim Jong-il, his sister Yo-jong and Hyon.

The notoriously corpulent dictator is already hamster-cheeked and soft around the middle.

"The aim seems to be to encourage North Koreans to emulate Hyon, who was absolutely loyal to the leader even when Kim was a child," a South Korean intelligence source speculated.