North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's car was seen encircled by a group of security guards upon his arrival in Singapore for the NoKo summit. But who are these bodyguards running around a moving vehicle? These bodyguards surrounding Kim's car belong to the Central Party Office #6 or the Main Office of Adjutants, as per a report by the BBC. These army men are a part of Korean People's Army (KPA) and are selectively chosen to armour the supreme leader of the North. Watch: Video courtesy: VOA/Youtube These men are handpicked on the basis of their fitness and skills. They are heavily skilled in martial arts. It is said that these bodyguards are also chosen on the basis of their looks and their height. The height of these guards must be equivalent to Kim Jong-un as per rules. The bodyguards are equipped with training in firing guns and are one of the only people allowed to carry loaded guns near the supreme leader. These bodyguards were also made an appearance during the iconic South Korea-North Korea meet in April 2018. Also read: Trump-Kim summit: Twitter releases dedicated emoji to mark historic meet Also read: Who is Kim Jong-un? Also watch: Kim-Trump: From enemies to frenemies?<doc-sep>PARANOID Kim Jong-un has surrounded himself with suited bodyguards while in Singapore for the nuke summit - while Donald Trump has snipers in the boot of his bomb proof limos. The two leaders fear being assassinated so much they've a small army dedicated to keeping them alive as they meet face-to-face in a bid to avert nuclear war. 25 Minded... Kim Jong-un as he leaves his hotel in Singapore on the eve of the summit Credit: Reuters Kim is reportedly terrified he will be assassinated while overseas on what will be his longest ever trip abroad as North Korean leader. As he arrived, it transpired crafty Kim used two decoy jets, including his outdated Soviet-era Ilyushin-62 dubbed Air Force Un, which flew from Pyongyang to the south-east Asian city state. And after slyly touching down in a third plane in Changi Airport last night, the pint-sized despot was ushered into a waiting black Mercedes. His infamous suit-clad security detail was then spring into action, with footage showing the minders keeping pace with Kim’s official car. Tellingly the 20-vehicle convoy included an ambulance. 25 Our map shows the routes the decoy planes flew 25 Kim's crew... the suited secret agents tasked with protecting their leader with their lives and jogging really fast alongside his car Credit: Reuters 25 The ever vigilant bodyguards surround Kim as he takes a selfie with Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan and Education Minister Ong Ye Kung Credit: AP:Associated Press 25 The despot arriving earlier in south-east Asia on an Air China jet - not one of his own Soviet era planes Credit: Ministry of Communications and Information 25 TKim's men in black are put through their paces as they jog alongside the limousine Credit: Reuters 25 The armoured limo was later seen ferrying dictator as he goes on a night out on the eve of the summit Credit: Reuters 25 More eagle-eyed bodyguards lurk around the St Regis Hotel where Kim is staying Credit: Getty Images - Getty 25 Kim Jong-un's sister, Yo-jong, stepping into a people carrier as she was not travelling with her sibling in the stretch limo - she took a different plane too Credit: Reuters But it was not just Kim fears assassination. Trump has a crack team of secret service agents protecting him where ever he goes. At the swanky Shangri-La Hotel, Secret Service officers were seen huddling in preparation for the President's movements. 25 They've got his back covered... a secret service sniper can be seen holed up in the boot of a motorcade limo Credit: Reuters 25 Donald Trump waves to photographers in his limo Credit: EPA 25 The US motorcade drives down Orchard Road in Singapore was heavily protected Credit: AP:Associated Press 25 Donald Trump arriving earlier in Singapore around five hours after the North Korean leader Credit: Sky News 25 Armed cops stand outside the St Regis hotel where Kim is a guest Credit: EPA 25 Machine-carrying cops seen near Kim's Singapore hotel Credit: AFP or licensors Trump and the North Korean leader will meet at the five-star Capella Hotel on the island of Sentosa on Tuesday to discuss the rogue state’s nuclear weapons programme. The meeting will be the first time a sitting US President has met with a member of the Kim dynasty. 25 Kim shakes hands with Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong Credit: Reuters 25 This is Kim's longest ever overseas trip as North Korean leader Credit: AFP or licensors 25 The diminutive despot is dwarfed by Singapore's PM Loong Credit: AFP or licensors 25 Kim Jong-un is welcomed by Balakrishnan at the city-state's airport Credit: Reuters 25 A car believed to be carrying Kim Jong-un drives through Singapore ahead of his meeting with Trump Credit: Reuters 25 The North Korean dictator will sit down with Trump on Tuesday to discuss the future of his nuclear weapons programme Credit: Reuters Around a dozen delegates from the rogue state - many of whom looked to be of fighting aged in their 20s - were also seen getting off a bus before the crunch nuclear talks. Before flying out to south-east Asia, Trump said he was on a "peace mission" while insisting he will know if he can strike a deal with the dictator “within the first minute” of their meeting. The brash New Yorker flew to Singapore last night to prepare for the showdown summit. As he left the G7 summit in Canada, Trump called on the diminutive despot to seize on his “one-time shot” to make history and agree to disarm in exchange for economic prosperity. 25 The US President was in a positive mood before flying out to Singapore Credit: Twitter 25 Trump has called on the despot to seize on his 'one-time shot' to make history Credit: AFP or licensors Boasting of his deal making prowess, the US President insisted on the chances of success: “I’ll know within the first minute. My touch, my feel, that’s what I do. “You know how they say you know whether you’re going to like someone in the first five seconds? “Very quickly I think I’ll know if something positive is going to happen”. After a choppy run up to their meeting, Republican firebrand refused to put odds on the chances of winning a peace deal for North Korea to disarm. 25 Kim Jong-un is given an A-list welcome by locals and press as he arrived at his hotel Credit: AFP or licensors 25 One of the cars in Kim's motorcade had a cameraman filming out of the sun-roof Credit: Getty Images - Getty He explained: “There has not been done before. Very little is known about him, but I think he is going to surprise on the upside. “We’re going in with a very positive attitude, and I think it will be fine. But who knows? Maybe it won’t work out. “But at the minimum, but at least we would have met each other.” Despite agreeing to the summit, Kim is still widely believed to think the US has a "hostile policy" against him and would welcome a regime change.<doc-sep>We've been worried about North Korea's Kim Jong Un dropping the bomb. Turns out that, metaphorically, his security services worry about that too. In the run-up to this week's historic meeting between the Great Leader and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, we learned from The Washington Post that the protection of Kim extends right down to his excrement.Kim doesn't do air travel. His recent trip to Beijing was his first foray out of the country since he assumed power, and he traveled there by private train. But in the annals of strange stories about the Kim regime, this is one of the strangest: Wherever Kim travels by car throughout the Hermit Kingdom, such as the trip to Panmunjom this week, a special car follows — containing toilet facilities. (As for what he drives, the Kim regime has been partial to Mercedes , though Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, rode to his reward, or whatever it is he deserved, in a Lincoln . We have no insight as to whether the toilet car is a Mercedes , though that's all we see in the photo above. )"Rather than using a public restroom, the leader of North Korea has a personal toilet that follows him around when he travels," defector Lee Yun-keol told The Post. Lee worked in the North Korean Guard Command before defecting to South Korea in 2005, where he runs a think tank, the North Korea Strategic Information Service Center.The West first became privy to the potty car when word of it leaked from defectors and from sources within North Korea, in a Seoul publication called the Daily NK. It's not just that this man of the proletariat won't stop at a villager's house. It's a matter of security — his security, by way of his excrement.According to the Daily NK, a vehicle in his convoy is a rolling restroom that only he may use. Obviously, because he's a dictator. But also because samples are regularly collected to monitor his health. And the flip side of that: It prevents foreign spies from collecting samples for that same kind of intelligence. "The leader's excretions contain information about his health status, so they can't be left behind," Lee said.The Daily NK report came out in 2015. The next year, Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in Monterey , California, joked that those suggesting a pre-emptive strike on a nuclear North Korea should target Kim's all-important automotive outhouse. "We know intelligence agencies around the world are monitoring the health of foreign leaders," he wrote in Foreign Policy magazine. "But we should have realistic expectations for what we might learn."<doc-sep>Trump shows Kim Jong Un his presidential limousine 'The Beast' top stories direct to your inbox SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up to receive our rundown of the day'sdirect to your inbox When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Mr Trump let Kim take a peek inside his £1.6 million ($2 million) armoured car, dubbed The Beast, right after their working lunch. In a surprising video, the world leaders are seen approaching the limo sporting flags of the USA and Singapore while speaking to each other. After a member of the Trump staff opened the passenger door, Kim was allowed to briefly look inside the vehicle. Although it’s impossible to understand the exact words exchanged by the leaders, the North Korean leader’s smiles and nods lead to think Kim was impressed with what he saw. Kim is famously attracted to American culture despite his nation’s on-going propaganda campaign against the US. People who have met him at the English-language International School of Berne in Switzerland he attended in his youth described him as a basketball lover and a big fan of Chicago Bull’s legend Michael Jordan. And during the years he also developed a personal friendship with former NBA player Dennis Rodman. The Beast, or Cadillac One, accompanies Mr Trump wherever he is. Donald Trump let Kim Jong-un take a peek inside his presidential car, 'The Beast' The presidential car has been designed to keep Mr Trump safe from any kind of threat and can resist military-style and chemical warfare attacks. The Beast weighs eight tonnes and has eight-inch thick steel doors as heavy as those on a Boeing 757. The front windscreen can protect the car’s passengers from armour piercing bullets or a .44 magnum, while the bodywork is military grade and five inches thick. And the tank-like car can resist even a roadside bomb, as it has a reinforced undercarriage and its fuel tank is explosive resistant. Trump and Kim approached the limo while speaking to each other after lunch The Beast can resist military-style and chemical warfare attacks Other features of the incredible car include cases of the President's blood for an emergency transfusion in the boot, Kevlar tyres that run even if they are flat and an oxygen system in the trunk in case of a chemical attack. One of the few times The Beast has broken down was in 2013, when the then-president Barack Obama’s driver put the wrong fuel into it while on a trip to Israel. Kim also has his own version of The Beast, a £1.5 million armoured Mercedes Benz S600. He used it to arrive at the location of the meeting on Tuesday morning. Kim Jong Un's jogging security unit follow his car in Singapore<doc-sep>
Kim Jong Un travels with a group of bodyguards who jog in formation around his car at significant events. The bodyguards captured international attention earlier this year when they were seen running alongside Kim's car in South Korea. The men are selected from army conscripts based on physical appearance and abilities. The elite group of bodyguards who defend Kim Jong Un by jogging next to his car have been spotted in action in Singapore ahead of the North Korean leader's planned summit with President Donald Trump. The men, who captured international attention earlier by running in formation alongside Kim's limo, are back in action ahead of the historic meeting. Twelve of Kim's bodyguards, all dressed in dark, Western-style suits, were spotted jogging alongside the North Korean leader's car in Singapore ahead of the highly anticipated summit, scheduled for Tuesday (Monday evening in the US). The Washington Post's Anna Fifield posted footage of them in action on Sunday. You can see five bodyguards flanking the car on each side, with two others running behind it. Kim's bodyguards captured international attention in April after they were seen running next to the North Korean leader's Mercedes-Benz S-Class limousine as it traveled across the border between South Korea and North Korea. It's not clear whether the 12 bodyguards jogging alongside Kim's car on Sunday were the same as the ones in April. Background checks and intensive training The bodyguards are part of an elite military group in North Korea called the Main Office of Adjutants, also known as Central Party Office #6, according to the BBC. As some of the few North Koreans who are allowed to carry loaded guns near Kim, they typically carry a semiautomatic handgun and a backup weapon. They are selected from the pool of army conscripts fulfilling their mandatory national service to the Korean People's Army, and they are picked based on strict criteria: Be approximately the same height as Kim. Not have any visual impairments. Demonstrate a superior capability in fitness, marksmanship, and martial-arts skills. The recruits then have to pass rigorous background checks, in which their parents and grandparents are also vetted. Once passed, they are then drilled on the use of handguns, evasion techniques, and martial arts. They are also trained for their observation skills and ability to neutralize perceived threats using only their hands and bodies. It's also clear the bodyguards have to be in excellent physical condition, as seen by their jogging in dark suits around Kim's car in 30-degree-Celsius (86 Fahrenheit) Singaporean weather. The bodyguards escorted Kim's car over the Korean border in April. Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images Kim is terrified of being assassinated both within and outside North Korea. Pyongyang has accused the US and South Korea of plotting to kill Kim with chemical weapons in the past, and China is rumored to have explored an assassination plot involving his half-brother, Kim Jong Nam. The North Korean leader also travels with a personal portable toilet intended to prevent other countries from gaining insight to his health from his stools. Singapore is also taking extraordinary measures to protect Trump and Kim this week. The city's government demarcated its central district and Sentosa island, where the two leaders will meet, as "special event" areas from Sunday to Thursday. Drones, flammable materials, and items like flags and banners will be prohibited from those areas, The Straits Times of Singapore reported.