Kim Jong Un impersonator stuns North Korean cheerleaders

Lookalike ‘Howard’ gatecrashed stand hosting Pyongyang’s elite cheer squad

Kim Jong Un impersonator
(Image credit: YELIM LEE/AFP/Getty Images)

A Kim Jong Un impersonator danced and waved in front of a phalanx of shocked North Korean cheerleaders yesterday before being hustled away by handlers and police.

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