Have North Korea resorted to using old photographs of Kim Jong-Un?

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The North Korean government released images of a slimmer Kim Jong-Un
However, they have surfaced just as Kim warned of an impending famine
The state may be concerned how his weight is perceived by those starving

Published: 10:17 EST, 1 April 2016 | Updated: 12:18 EST, 1 April 2016

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North Korea has released photographs of a much slimmer looking Kim Jong-Un just days after he warned citizens to begin preparing for famine.

Pictures of the tyrant in recent months show he has gained weight in the past few years, though images released today suggest propaganda officials are conscious of how this might be perceived.

This is due to his repeated warnings in the past few weeks that North Koreans must begin preparing for a famine akin to that which plagued the country in the 1990s.

North Korean tyrant Kim Jong-Un (pictured) looks suspiciously slim in this photo, which was released only today

Here a noticeably large Kim Jong-Un watches military landing exercises in a photograph released by the secretive state on March 20

Labelled by the government's dictatorship as the 'Arduous March', earlier this week Kim warned citizens to be ready to 'chew on the roots of plants once again'.

The warning came in the wake of China agreeing to new stiff sanctions against North Korea, in response to its recent nuclear test and rocket launch.

However, photographs released by state media today show an impossibly slim Kim being given a tour through a machinery plant.

It comes in stark contrast to photographs of the overweight leader at a military exercise released just weeks ago.

Kenji Fujimoto, who was close to Kim Jong-un as the personal sushi chef to his father for 13 years, says the young leader loves fine food.

Last year he told MailOnline: 'I used to make sushi for the General [Jong-il] at least once a week and Jong-un always joined the dinner. So I could say Jong-un liked sushi.

'He drank a lot. His favourite was Cristal, usually about two bottles [in a sitting].’

His decadent lifestyle is common knowledge among the country's elite and is an unashamed hypocrisy given the impoverished conditions much of the population is subjected to.

The images of the leaner Kim (pictured) come just days after he warned citizens to prepare for another brutal famine

The photographs may actually have been taken some time ago with propaganda officials concerned about how the dictator's ballooning weight may be received by starving North Korean citizens

Meanwhile, the country is now preparing for another famine - the result of crunching new sanctions from the international community.

'The road to revolution is long and arduous', an editorial in newspaper Rodong Sinmun newspaper stated on Monday, The Telegraph reported.

'We may have to go on an arduous march, during which we will have to chew the roots of plants once again'.

The government mouthpiece also warned that even as they faced starving to death, North Koreans would be expected not to blame the state and its Supreme Leader.

'Even if we give up our lives, we should continue to show our loyalty to our leader, Kim Jong-un, until the end of our lives'.