Cherubic, chubby-cheeked new images of Kim Jong-Un as a young boy surfaced during a special concert laid on for the North Korean air force over the weekend.

The rarely seen photographs depicting the North Korean dictator (who, it is largely accepted, has one of the worst human rights track records in the world) as a wide-eyed toddler saluting in uniform were shown to the troops via a state broadcast on the national KCTV.

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Several other images, showing Jong-Un as a slim young boy in a cockpit, and again as a portly teen at the controls of an aircraft, were also broadcast.

Up until recently, just a clutch of photographs of Jong-Un as a child have ever been seen.

One shows him with his mother, Ko Yong-hui, while another passport shot features the dictator with a bowl haircut.

Shape Created with Sketch. In pictures: Kim Jong-un on tour Show all 7 left Created with Sketch. right Created with Sketch. Shape Created with Sketch. In pictures: Kim Jong-un on tour 1/7 North Korea Kim Jong-un inspecting an aquarium as he visits the Songdowon International Children's Camp in Kangwon province AFP 2/7 North Korea Kim Jong-un inspecting the newly built athletic field as he visits the Songdowon International Children's Camp AFP 3/7 North Korea Kim Jong-un smiling broadly along with other officials during his visit to a youth camping site in Wonsan on the southeastern coast in North Korea EPA 4/7 North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Songdowon International Children's Camp, as its remodelling project nears completion Reuters 5/7 North Korea Kim Jong Un visits a swimming pool complex at the Songdowon International Children's Camp Reuters 6/7 North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands in the August 25 Fisheries Station under KPA 313 Unit Reuters 7/7 North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the Masik Pass Hotel, ski service and lodging buildings and rest areas in the skiing courses of the Masik Pass Ski Resort in Kangwon province Getty Images 1/7 North Korea Kim Jong-un inspecting an aquarium as he visits the Songdowon International Children's Camp in Kangwon province AFP 2/7 North Korea Kim Jong-un inspecting the newly built athletic field as he visits the Songdowon International Children's Camp AFP 3/7 North Korea Kim Jong-un smiling broadly along with other officials during his visit to a youth camping site in Wonsan on the southeastern coast in North Korea EPA 4/7 North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits the Songdowon International Children's Camp, as its remodelling project nears completion Reuters 5/7 North Korea Kim Jong Un visits a swimming pool complex at the Songdowon International Children's Camp Reuters 6/7 North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stands in the August 25 Fisheries Station under KPA 313 Unit Reuters 7/7 North Korea North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspecting the Masik Pass Hotel, ski service and lodging buildings and rest areas in the skiing courses of the Masik Pass Ski Resort in Kangwon province Getty Images

Another, taken during his days as a student, shows the Supreme Leader on a school trip with other pupils from the International School of Berne in Switzerland.

Jong-Un famously concealed his identity from teachers and students at the school using the pseudonym Pak Un which, Swiss authorities were told when he enrolled in 1998, was the family name of the son of an employee at the embassy in North Korea.

As a teen, he was apparently “obsessed” with basketball and displayed “absolutely no interest” in politics.

Oh, how times have changed.