North Korea's Kim Jong-un wins global statesmanship award

By Leesha McKenny
Updated August 2 2015 - 3:08pm, first published 2:52pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, centre, has won an award due to his "persistence in fighting neocolonialism". Photo: Reuters/KCNA
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, centre, has won an award due to his "persistence in fighting neocolonialism". Photo: Reuters/KCNA

He is a supreme leader of the one of the world's most oppressive regimes, which claims to have recently found a cure for AIDS, Ebola and cancer.