NORTH Korea has made a state request to officials in China pleading for them to stop referring to 'glorious leader' Kim Jong-un as FAT.

Ministers have reportedly asked their neighbours to refrain from referring to the chunky Swiss cheese fan as Jin San Pang or 'Kim Fatty III' in media or conversations.

3 North Korean leader Kim pictured in 2014 looking fairly trim Credit: Getty Images

3 He is said to have piled on six stone in just a few years Credit: Reuters

Apparently 'Kim Fatty III' is a widely used nickname for Kim in China along with Jin Pang Pang (Kim Fat Fatty) or Jin San Fei (Kim Abundant III).

Now According to the Apple Daily in Hong Kong, terrified North Korean government officials have called on their old comrades to take action before heads roll.

They are terrified the tubby tyrant will find out about the insult and look for someone to blame.

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In recent years, those that have fallen foul the double-chinned despot have found themselves at the wrong end of a military firing range.

Earlier this year, we told how scientists working for Kim had invented a fat busting medicine that blitzes the bulge without diet or exercise.

The bloated dictator is said to have piled on a whopping six stone in recent years bingeing on swiss cheese, whiskey and scallops.

3 Larger than life Kim at a North Korean bread factory Credit: EPA

The new wonder drug – made from the skull cap plant – could serve as a welcome relief for the fridge-raiding dictator as it also aids bowel movements.

Ri Ran Hui, head of the Academy of Koryo Medicine, said: “Experiments with animals revealed that our new tablet decreases brown and white fat tissues and we also found out its weight reducing effects and action mechanism.”