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National scene: Rachmawati sings praises of Kim Jong-un
JAKARTA: Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of first president Sukarno, has said she would like to give an award to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for his contribution to the fight against neocolonialism
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AKARTA: Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of first president Sukarno, has said she would like to give an award to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for his contribution to the fight against neocolonialism.
Rachmawati revealed the plan during a meeting with North Korean Ambassador to Indonesia Ri Jong-ryul on Thursday at her private residence in Central Jakarta.
'Kim Jong-un has similar thoughts to Sukarno. They have similar visions and missions,' Rachmawati said as quoted by kompas.com.
The world, she said, had treated him unfairly, pigeonholing him as merely a brutal dictator.
'It's Western propaganda. ['¦] It's the same old story told with certain ulterior motives,' she said, adding that her father had also been deemed a dictator by many in the Western world.
In 2002, her Soekarno Education Foundation awarded Kim's grandfather, Kim Il-sung, the same award for his 'peacemaking' efforts.
Rachmawati, who is also a Gerindra politician, said that her foundation was working out details on how to deliver the award to Kim.
