Kim Jong Un needs new friends

Published September 7, 2017 1:27pm ET



In their fascinating biography of the late Kim Jong Il, Trey Parker and Matt Stone illuminate the former North Korean leader’s sorrow: he was “so ronery.”

Powerful but under constant pressure, Kim Jong Il lacked the emotional support to thrive and so he ate and drank excessively and ended up dying at only 70 years-old.

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