Distorted faces of Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un. Photos from the visit to North Korea compared.

Sergei Kravtsov, the Russian Minister of Education, visited North Korea to strengthen bilateral relations in education. Photos from the visit revealed a distorted image of Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, suggesting AI manipulation. This distortion could provoke discontent in North Korea, where images of the Kim family are sacred. In North Korea, damaging portraits of leaders can lead to severe penalties, including death. Although Kim Jong Un's portrait is not yet mandatory, it is increasingly present in public spaces. Other photos from the visit also showed AI misuse, including unintelligible text in Russian and Korean, which has since been removed from the ministry's website.