South Korean shoppers are rushing to buy novelty Kim Jong-un moisturising face masks ahead of a possible inaugural visit of the North Korean leader to Seoul. Advertising for the "unification moisturising face masks" shows a picture of an impersonator of the young leader, laughing while wearing a white sheet over his facial features. Slogans tout the masks as being "wrinkle-resistant" and "water-resilient" nuclear bomb packs. The beauty products cost about four times the price of regular cosmetics - at 4,000 won (R50) - but are still reportedly flying off the shelves, chalking up more than 25,000 sales since being launched by 5149, a skin-care company, in June. One woman told the Chosun Ilbo newspaper that she did not want to miss out on the latest trend. "I bought one because I thought it would be a hot topic if I took a picture of the mask pack and put it on social media," said Jeon, a student. She joins a flurry of social media posts in which people have joyfully posed in the mask...
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