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Rumours of Kim Jong Un Death: China Sends Doctors To North Korea

 

China has sent a team of doctors to North Korea to help determine
Supreme Leader of North Korea Kim Jong Un’s health status, Reuters
reported on Friday. Hong Kong Satellite Television reported that Kim
was dead, though there has been no confirmation from U.S. sources at
this point.


“While the US continues to monitor reports
surrounding the health of the North Korean Supreme Leader, at this time,
there is no confirmation from official channels that Kim Jong-un is
deceased,” a senior Pentagon official not authorized to speak on the
record told Newsweek. “North Korean military readiness remains within
historical norms and there is no further evidence to suggest a
significant change in defensive posturing or national level leadership
changes.”

On Monday, rumors spread that the North Korean
leader was in ill health after undergoing heart surgery on April 12. His
last public appearance was on April 11, at a politburo meeting.
These rumors were subsequently discounted by U.S. intelligence, who
reported they had no reason to think that Kim had suffered any kind of
serious illness.

Similarly, at the time, South Korea’s Yonhap
News Agency cited a government official who said there was nothing
unusual coming from North Korea that could suggest Kim was ill.

Should
the reports of Kim’s death prove accurate, there are a number of
questions over who would be his successor. Many think that his younger
sister Kim Yo Jong, reported to be 31 and one of Kim’s key lieutenants,
would take over the role of Supreme Leader.

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