I have seen these links to North Korean "child prodigies" a hundred times before, and my response has always been the same.

These kids are force fed in exactly the same way as the "amazing" girl gymnasts in Romania during the Ceaucescu regime.

If YouTube had been around then you can bet your bottom dollar that everybody would have been oohing and aaahing over the likes of Olga Korbut and Nadia Comaneci.

Twenty years on, all these Romanian "prodigies " are in rehab, and sadly, the same fate awaits these North Korean girls.

But hey, don't let that spoil your enjoyment of the videos, these kids sure are cute ...