That'll be the Korean Herald that reported he was dead about 3 years ago??????

The Young Fat Wun will have been dead for weeks before North Korea would announce it. His 'life' would carry on with body doubles until those with the notebooks have sorted out the new pecking order.

Only then with full pomp and ceremony will the death and funeral be announced.

Shame about the body doubles.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52364055

Reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seriously ill after heart surgery are not true, officials in South Korea have said.

Headlines that Kim Jong-un was "gravely ill", "brain-dead" or "recovering from an operation" were always going to be impossible to verify. But the presidential office in Seoul has said there have been no particular signs from the North to indicate the 36-year-old is "gravely ill". It is also not the first time rumours about his health have fired up intense flurries of speculation - only to be later dismissed.

When did speculation start?

Kim Jong-un recently missed the celebration of his grandfather's birthday on 15 April. This is one of the biggest events of the year, marking the birth of the nation's founder. Kim Jong-un has never missed it - and it seemed very unlikely that he would simply choose not to turn up. Inevitably, his absence prompted speculation and rumour, none of which is easy to substantiate. Kim Jong-un last appeared in state media on 12 April "inspecting a pursuit assault plane group" in a handout that is undated. As ever, the images portrayed him as relaxed and at ease. We know he chaired a key political meeting the day before, from state media despatches. But he has not been seen since.

The first report of illness

The claim about Kim Jong-un's ill health surfaced in a report for a website run by North Korean defectors on Tuesday. An anonymous source told the Daily NK that they understood he had been struggling with cardiovascular problems since last August "but it worsened after repeated visits to Mount Paektu". North Korean leader rides horse up sacred mountain

This led to a chain of reporting by international media on a single-sourced story. News agencies then began to run with that claim, and it was all they had until some reports emerged that intelligence agencies in South Korea and the US were monitoring the claim. But then came a more sensational headline in US media that the North Korean leader was in a critical condition after heart surgery. However, a statement from the South Korean government, and sources at Chinese intelligence - speaking to the Reuters news agency - said this was not true.

It is very much worth noting that at no point has anyone denied that Kim Jong-un has had heart surgery. The statements from South Korea and China merely deny that the North Korean leader is seriously ill. The population of North Korea would usually not be kept informed about their leader's health status.

Not the first time he has 'gone missing'

In 2014, Kim Jong-Un disappeared for 40 days from early September - which sparked a torrent of speculation, including that he had been ousted in a coup by other political grandees. Then he re-appeared, pictured with a cane. State media at the time admitted he was suffering from an "uncomfortable physical condition", but did not address rumours that he was suffering from gout.

A heart condition? With his svelte figure?

Who'da thunk it?

Or Gout either!

Warning ... the Cheese Diet is not recommended for normal people.

Doesn’t NCov go after fatties?


I hope No.10 have sent a get well soon card.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/21/nort...cials-say.html

as the BBC says:- "The truth is when it comes to information about the North Korean leadership, we are often all scrambling around in the dark."

Personally I'd believe the S Korean Govt. they watch the North obsessively and have noticed no changes in behaviour (I assume that means no sign of strengthened military presence around major comms stations, Govt hide-outs etc )

Can't wait for the next Great Leaders summit between Donald Trump and Kim's sister--Little Rocket Girl...er, Little Rocket Woman? Lady?

The last photo of him I remember seeing, he was surrounded by lessers wearing black face masks. I thought at the time that they must have been ordered to wear a mask, but that he must be very confident of something.
April 12th.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Co...ts-coronavirus

President Xi Jinping always wears one in public, but Trump never does.

https://www.ft.com/__origami/service...source=nar-cms

With a generous lick of the stamp and envelope.

'SWALC' Sealed with a loving coronavirus

If he's just back from Advanced Hair, I hope they've left the country!

Of course it's a well known technique to "disappear" or "reported as ill" by all great dictators - you're looking to see who is smiling and who is plotting - then its back to work and get out all those anti-aircraft guns...........

Kim Jong-un alive!
 

Kim Jong-un appears in public, North Korean state media report -

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-52508437

Could be bullsh1t :oh:

Didn't think they needed a factory, Yung Fat Wun produces enough as it is.

Fits in with the fact his personal boat and his train are parked up at a resort not too far from this factory. The S Korean Govt has been adamant throughout that they though he was alive and just self-isolating.

Too many people are willing to believe a single media report in S Korea and too many papers etc have time on their hands to publish a load of guesswork

Clone/bullet trap maybe?

Most bizarre media speculation. We obviously just don't know what and how he is doing. But reports claim to know stuff. Why not wait for hard facts next time? Erodes media credibility.

That cannot be him in the Beeb picture, has to be a clone.

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