Two million of his subjects may be starving - but that seemed to be the last thing on Kim Jong-un's mind as he visited a pig farm

The 'Glorious Leader' could be seen smiling and laughing alongside officials as he toured the abattoir at Thaechon Pig Farm, which supplies the country's military.

Jong-un, whose own taste for fine meats and cheeses is well-documented, was pictured inspecting pig pens and carcasses.

Kim Jong-un has been pictured visiting a North Korean pig farm in Thaechon which is used to supply the country's military

The North Korean dictator was all smiles as he wandered through the abattoir with regime officials in propaganda images

The images were released by the regime-controlled Korean Central News Agency. It is not known when the pictures were taken.

The UN believes that 2million people inside the world's most secretive state are struggling to survive on meagre state handouts.

The daily ration includes just 650g of maize, rice or meat, according to the UN.

Defectors who survived the regime have told of people regularly starving to death, with bodies laid out in the streets.

An estimated 2million people inside the communist state are believed to be starving, according to reports by the UN

Survivors of the Kim regime have told of how they ate insects and plants because government rations left them starving

Park Yeonmi, who fled the country in 2007 under the rule of Kim Jong-il, told The Express this month: 'Every day I wondered if I was going to stay alive or not.

'Food was limited as everyone was hungry and people like us, who were in the bottom class, were starving.

'My mother traded in the market but this was not enough. So we had to find food in the mountains, eating dragonflies and grasshoppers and plants – anything to stay alive.'