Mick Hartley

The North Koreans, apparently, can be sensitive about these things:

According to the Apple Daily in Hong Kong, on 10 November a request was made by North Korea to China. They asked that the country refrain from referring to their Supreme Leader, Kim Jong-un as Jin San Pang (金三胖) or “Kim Fatty III” in media or conversations.

This may seem ridiculous, but there is some evidence to the reports that official action has been taken. Just doing a search on Baidu, China’s biggest search engine, you can see that “Kim Fatty III” has been disabled from producing any results.

Apparently “Kim Fatty III” has been a widespread nickname around China, and as a result of the blackout Chinese netizens have been brainstorming alternatives such as Jin Pang Pang (Kim Fat Fatty) or Jin San Fei (Kim Abundant III).

How about Fat Bastard? Works for me.