Kim Jong-un has climbed the highest mountain in North Korea, state-run media claims. 
 
 Photos of the country's leader show him standing on a snowy mountaintop, with the sun behind him. 
 
 His father, Kim Jong-il, is said by the state to have been born on the mountain, however many historians say he was actually born in Russia. 
 
 Reports say Kim Jong-un reached the 2,750-metre peak alongside hundreds of fighter pilots and party officials. 
 
 "Climbing Mount Paektu provides precious mental pabulum more powerful than any kind of nuclear weapon," the Rodong newspaper quoted him as saying to troops. 
 
 The purpose of the visit is said to have been to see pilots from the Korean People's Army who have completed a tour of battle sites in the area. 
 
 The Oxford English Dictionary defines "pabulum" as "bland or insipid intellectual matter, entertainment". 
 
 The peak of the volcanic mountain, lying on the border with China, is considered a sacred place in Korean folklore. 
 
 It is also part of the propaganda which glorifies the Kim family, who are said to have a "mount Paektu bloodline". 
 
 Recently it has been claimed that Mr Kim could drive by the time he was three years old. 
 
 The regime also says that Kim Jong-il, who ruled until his death in 2011, scored 11 holes-in-one the first time he ever played golf. 
 
 Like his father before him, Mr Kim makes many "field guidance trips" to army bases, factories and other important sites. 
 
 Analysts say this is his way of showing himself as an energetic man of the people. 
 
 North Korea has a troubled economy, with two-thirds of the population, approximately 16 million people, not knowing where their next meal is coming from, according to the UN. 
 
 It is keen to develop its nuclear weapons with their last test taking place in February 2013. 
 
 North Korea has built up its military arsenal and nuclear programme instead of helping feed its people, according to another United Nations report. 
 
 Earlier this year, Michael Kirby, who led a UN commission of inquiry into North Korean human rights violations, claimed to the BBC World Service that some families were even forced to use the ashes of relatives as fertiliser to help grow crops. 
 
 Meanwhile large amounts of government money is understood to be spent on the "supreme leader" and "the advancement of his personality cult". 
 
 Follow @BBCNewsbeat on Twitter, BBCNewsbeat on Instagram, Radio1Newsbeat on YouTube and you can now follow BBC_Newsbeat on Snapchat ||||| North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has climbed the country's highest mountain, state-run media has reported. 
 
 Photos were released of the smiling and windswept 32-year-old standing on snow-covered ground at the top of Mount Paektu, with the sun rising behind him. 
 
 One image shows dozens of troops cheering deliriously as the leader greets them at the peak. 
 
 "Climbing Mount Paektu provides precious mental pabulum more powerful than any kind of nuclear weapon," the Rodong newspaper quoted Mr Kim as saying. 
 
 State-run news service KCNA reported the young ruler of the impoverished but nuclear-armed North scaled the mountain on Saturday morning along with hundreds of fighter pilots, and top army and party officials. 
 
 1 / 29 Gallery: 2014: Kim Jong-Un Inspecting Things North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un makes regular public appearances across the country 
 
 The story is the latest run by state media on the feats of the Kim dynasty, which has ruled for more than six decades with an iron fist and pervasive personality cult. 
 
 Just last week the regime insisted Mr Kim could drive by the time he was three years old. 
 
 Among the claims made about his late father, Kim Jong-Il, was the suggestion he had scored an incredible 11 holes-in-one the first time he ever played golf. 
 
 The 2,750-metre peak of the volcanic mountain, which is on the border with China, is considered a sacred place in Korean folklore and is key to propaganda glorifying the Kim family. 
 
 Pyongyang has always insisted Kim Jong-Il was born on the mountain - although many historians say he was born in Russia - and praised the family for their "Mount Paektu bloodline". 
 
 Mr Kim, like his predecessors, has made frequent "field guidance trips" to industrial plants, army bases, and sacred sites across the country in what analysts say is an attempt at forging an image as an energetic man of the people.
– Today, being the seventh day, presumably Kim Jong Un is resting. But yesterday, the North Korean despot was busily scaling the snowswept 9,000-foot tallest peak in his kingdom, and state media is reporting everything but that he did it in a single bound, reports the BBC. "Climbing Mount Paektu provides precious mental pabulum more powerful than any kind of nuclear weapon," gushed Rodong; the BBC helpfully notes that "The Oxford English Dictionary defines 'pabulum' as 'bland or insipid intellectual matter, entertainment.' " Kim is pictured with dozens of members of the military atop Paektu. It's the latest heroic exploit for Dear Leader, who last week was reported as having learned to drive by the tender age of three. Mount Paektu is significant to the Kim dynasty, adds Sky News: The regime has long claimed that Kim Jong Il was born on the mountain, giving them a "Mount Paektu bloodline." Others more rooted in things like history and reality say he was born in Russia. The BBC has all the photos here.