Brow you see them: Kim Jong-un sports bizarre shrunken eyebrows in 2015 speech
In what appeared to be a case of severe over-plucking, Kim’s brows appeared to be significantly shorter than on earlier occasions.
When Kim Jong-un delivered his New Year message offering to participate in high-level talks with South Korea, the setting, his outfit and posture were all strikingly similar to those he adopted exactly two years earlier.
Two things, however, appeared radically different - the North Korean leader’s eyebrows.
In what appeared to be a case of severe over-plucking, Kim’s brows appeared to be significantly shorter than on earlier occasions, sitting above his eyes like little dashes.
Back in 2013 Kim sported a far more distinctive twin-set during his New Year speech – although even then they looked somewhat clipped. It is only by trawling the photo archives back to around 2011 that one can see the arches of a man who clearly shunned the tweezers.