Australian Kim Jong-Un Impersonator Thrown Out of the Olympics by Security

His name is Howard, he's Australian-Chinese, and he doesn't speak Korean. But that didn't stop the notorious Kim Jong-un impersonator from attending the PyeongChang Olympics opening ceremony dressed as the North Korean leader, and it didn't stop security from kicking him off the premises. As has been widely reported globally.

Howard, whose full name remains unknown to media, told UK rag The Sun that after arriving at the Games he made a beeline for the hermit state's cheerleaders, then proceeded to wave the North Korean flag, dance merrily, and cheer them on.

"They looked really surprised and shocked," he said. "Some of them laughed, and got it, but most of them were totally shocked […] After that, a few heavies rushed over really pissed off and I suspect they were North Korean delegates, just by the way they were dressed […] They dragged me out and they kicked me in the shins and were shouting something really angrily in Korean.

"The cheerleaders were great," he added. "They were beautiful and I wouldn’t mind taking a few of them home."

After swapping barbs back and forth with the Games' bouncers, Howard said he pointed out to them he couldn't be arrested simply because he looked like the North Korean leader. “If you don’t like my face there’s nothing you can do about it — I was born this way,” he told them.

Security clearly disagreed, and the lookalike (who admittedly was dressed and styled like Kim Jong-un) was carted off. He said they detained him beneath the stands for around 30 minutes, telling him it was for his own safety.

Howard, who has a public facebook page and lives in Hong Kong, told Seven’s Sunrise program this morning via Skype that he has been a professional impersonator since 2013. “I’m here to send up the whole situation with North Korea and South Korea and everything that has to do with that," he declared.

"Today I attended a hockey game and, unfortunately, they did not have a sense of humour.”

Impersonating someone from the ruling Kim family is considered blasphemous in North Korea, where images of the leadership are tightly controlled and staged by the authorities.