Classmates Recall Kim Jong Un’s School Days in Switzerland

Expert says despite Swiss upbringing, Kim is 'heartless' and 'ruthless'

This photo from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) taken on Dec. 23, 2017, and released the next day shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during the 5th Conference of the Workers' Party of Korea Cell Chairpersons.AFP/Getty Images via KCNA

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un’s classmates have struggled to reconcile their childhood memories of him when he went to a German-speaking public school near Bern, Switzerland.

“He was a good friend,” Joao Micaelo, who now works as a chef in Bern, told The Daily Beast.