Foreign dictators just want to have fun.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un showed a different side of himself in a video released this week by the Korean Central News Agency.

The video showed the typically stern supreme leader paling around, and even giving an officer a piggyback ride.

The celebration reportedly came after a successful rocket engine test last week. In state media photos, Kim is seen grinning and shaking hands with other excited officers.

It was a moment of levity from his usual alleged business of ordering executions, plotting nuclear fireworks and orchestrating major bank heists.

According to the BBC, the man who jumped on Kim’s back was not a known figure in the country’s politics, but appeared to be a mid-level officer.

North Korea expert Michael Madden told the BBC that the photos are part of the leader’s latest image strategy.

“This fits into the image [Kim] Jong-un has tried to cultivate – that he is more open, on an interpersonal basis, than his father,” Madden said. “It conveys a certain sense of political confidence in his rule and leadership of the country. If he didn’t feel secure, then he wouldn’t allow these images to be disseminated – he would need to appear distant and cold.”