Why does everyone around Kim Jong-un hold a notebook?

Like many world leaders, Kim Jong-un is often photographed giving speeches, inspecting schools or farms and attending various ceremonies.

The North Korean leader is always accompanied by a group of people. They are high-ranking military or government officials.

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What is particularly noteworthy and arouses curiosity is that in almost all the photos, the people accompanying Kim Jong-un always carry notebooks and pens, ready to write down what he says.

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According to James Grayson, a North Korea expert at the University of Sheffield, note-taking is a tradition that dates back to Kim Jong-un's grandfather, the late leader Kim Il-sung.

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"It's part of the image of the supreme leader giving good guidance," Mr. Grayson commented to the BBC news agency.

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"If it's not recorded correctly, it could lead to serious consequences. They don't want to record it incorrectly politically," the director of the SOAS China Institute told the BBC.

According to Vietnamnet