Kim Jong-il’s ‘hipster’ grandson heading to elite French university
Kim Han-sol will join the Europe-Asia undergraduate programme at Sciences Po's Le Havre campus
The grandson of North Korea's late dictator Kim Jong-il will begin studying at an elite French university next month.
Kim Han-sol, who is the nephew of leader Kim Jong-un, will enrol at Sciences Po's Le Havre campus, joining the Europe-Asia undergraduate programme.
The three-year liberal arts programme, which focuses on the relationship between Europe and Asia, is taught in English and gives students the option to pursue a Master's at the university's Paris campus.
"With his hipster glasses and ear piercings, the young Kim Han-sol looks more like the spiritual son of Psy, the famous creator of Gangnam Style, rather than the grandson of one of the most heinous dictators the world has ever known", wrote the conservative French daily Le Figaro.
In May, Kim reportedly graduated from the United World College (UWC) in Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.