"I wanted to go to Disneyland." →
There are plenty of funny-disturbing anecdotes in this Foreign Policy list of the “world’s worst sons” — that is, sons whose depraved antics are made possible by their powerful parents’ wealth and influence — but the topper has to be this one about Kim Jong Nam, whose father is North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il:
In 2001, Nam, along with his wife and son, was arrested at Tokyo’s Narita airport for trying to enter Japan with a fake Dominican passport bearing the name Pang Xiong, which means “Fat Bear” in Chinese. He reportedly told police, “I wanted to go to Disneyland.”
The incident was a major humiliation for Nam’s father, who at the time was riding a rare wave of good press after a visit to Europe and a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Madeline Albright. Nam was reportedly being groomed as a possible successor, but fell out of favor after his failed bid to meet Mickey. Nam’s younger brother Kim Jong Un is reportedly now next in line.
