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Kim is the son of Kim Jong-il’s eldest son Kim Jong-nam, who lost his standing in the family after he was caught trying to sneak into Japan using a fake passport. He said he wanted to visit Disneyland.

Kim Jong-nam has since been living in virtual exile, mostly in the Chinese territory of Macau.

“My dad was not really interested in politics,” his son said in the interview when asked why he was skipped over for Kim Jong-un.

“I don’t really know why he became a dictator,” Kim said of his uncle. “It was between him and my grandfather.”

Kim Han-sol said he has never met his uncle.

Kim says he visit North Korea about once a year, usually in the summer.

“I’ve always dreamed that one day I would go back and make things better and make it easier for the people there,” he said.

The interview was done with Elisabeth Rehn, a former UN under-secretary general and special rapporteur for Human Rights in Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Kim enrolled in the United World College in Mostar last year, and came under intense scrutiny when his Facebook profile was discovered by South Korean media.

He did not give any indication why he did the interview.

Kim admitted it was “awkward” when he first met fellow students from South Korea or the United States.

“But then, little by little, we started understanding each other,” he said. “Now, we are really close friends and we travel together, and it’s such a wonderful feeling.

“It’s really sad I can’t go to the other side (South Korea),” he added. “But we can, if we put in a little effort, step-by-step, come to a conclusion and unite.”

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