SEOUL, May 2 — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance since speculation about his health began last month, cutting the ribbon at the opening of a fertiliser factory, KCNA reported today. Kim attended the event yesterday in Sunchon, near the capital Pyongyang, after...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un speaks as he takes part in a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea April 11, 2020. — Picture by KCNA via Reuters
The North Korean leader had not made a public appearance since presiding over a Workers’ Party politburo meeting on April 11, and the following day state media reported that he had inspected fighter jets. Conjecture over Kim’s health had grown since his conspicuous no-show at April 15 celebrations for the birthday of his grandfather, the North’s founder — the most important day in the country’s political calendar.
The advisor, Moon Chung-in, told CNN that Kim had been staying in Wonsan — a resort town in the east of North Korea — since April 13, adding: “No suspicious movements have so far been detected.”, an online media outlet run mostly by North Korean defectors, reported that Kim was undergoing treatment after a cardiovascular procedure last month.
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