Kim Jong Un enjoys an approval rating among North Korean voters of more than 50%, the latest poll shows. That's close to Shinzo Abe territory, easily above Barack Obama's 45%.

Well, sort of. Polling hasn't yet caught on in North Korea. As for voting, it seems likely that any election involving Mr. Kim would end with his being declared winner "by the unanimous will and desire of the Korean people," in the style of his father, Kim Jong Il. But the Institute for Peace and Unification Studies at Seoul National University...