A puzzling photo from North Korea

The above photo, released by the North Korean state media agency KCNA on Jan. 20, purports to show leader Kim Jong Eun visiting a new hospital, Taesongsan General Hospital, being built by the national army.

Here’s what confused me, and what also confused the Atlantic’s David Graham, who pointed this out on Twitter, where it puzzled a number of other people: Why is that surgeon dressed like a chef?