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Tim Hanlon

Kim Jong-un plot to build eight mansions 'so assassins won't know where to strike'

Kim Jong-un’s fears over being assassinated has seen him build eight new luxury mansions in his “Forbidden City” so that his enemies never know where he is sleeping, a new study suggests.

North Korea has upped the quantity of missile testing this year, and amid UN sanctions and continued tension with the United States, the leader has shown signs of paranoia that he could be the target of an attack.

And his fears over being toppled have also included him executing other political figures and members of his own family.

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