North Korea celebrated its 77th birthday on Tuesday your Daily Star looks back at a few bizarre things this hermit state and its leader have gotten up to over the years Kim Jong Un has led North Korea since his dad died in 2011 (Image: KCNA VIA KNS/AFP via Getty Image)

As fireworks light up Pyongyang's sky for North Korea’s annual independence celebrations today (September 9), the rest of the world can only watch on in bemusement. ‌

Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un , in power since 2011, is no stranger to headline-grabbing stunts – and this year is no exception. From riding a majestic white horse up a sacred snowy mountain to promising to unleash 100,000 loyal troops to help Mad Vlad in Ukraine , the man knows how to oil his county's propaganda machine. ‌

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