North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is 35 — here's how he became one of the world's scariest dictators

• Kim Jong Un has been described as one of the world's scariest dictators. 
• His birthday is on January 8, however records conflict on his birth year. This year, Un traveled on his personal armored train to China to spend his birthday with President Xi Jinping.
• As a child, Kim Jong Un attended a boarding school in Switzerland and loved basketball.
• Watch the video above to learn how the youngest leader in North Korea's history rose to power.
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This video was originally published on January 18, 2016.

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