Junior British diplomat’s rollercoaster ride with Kim Jong-Un

The British Foreign Office has released a statement after a junior diplomat from it’s North Korean Embassy was photographed enjoying a rollercoaster ride with the country’s new leader, Kim Jong-Un.

The release of the photograph with British chargé d'affaires Barnaby Jones, comes soon after Kim Jong-Un publicly announced that he was married.

The UK Foreign Office said,
"Pyongyang's diplomatic community was invited to the opening of the Rungna People's Pleasure Ground. This included the chargé d'affaires of the British Embassy, who accepted the invitation to attend.
While this was an unusual event, it is vital that we actively engage with the North Korean administration since we work closely with them on a number of humanitarian, cultural and education projects which benefit the people of North Korea."
Meanwhile North Korea has requested immediate food aid from the United Nations, in the wake of floods that state media reported had left 119 dead and tens of thousands homeless.

A recent plan to send 240,000 tonnes of food aid from the US to North Korea was scuppered after the country’s failed long-range missile test.

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