Kim Jong-un reappears in North Korean media after death rumours
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Thechronicle
Photographs published by North Korean daily Rodong Sinmun show Kim Jong-un visiting a clothing and footwear exhibition with his daughter, following unsubstantiated rumours of his death. The images do not reveal when they were taken, reports the BBC.
Photographs published by North Korean daily Rodong Sinmun show Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, visiting a clothing and footwear exhibition with his daughter. The media appearance comes after unsubstantiated rumours that he had died, reports the BBC.
The images show Kim Jong-un inspecting stalls alongside Kim Ju Ae and several officials. Chinese dissident Wanjun Xie, who lives in the United States, had claimed that the leader was hospitalised in a coma in Beijing after a severe brain haemorrhage, and later that he had died. South Korean intelligence services told the Yonhap news agency that they had no evidence to support these claims.
Wanjun Xie presents himself as the president of the Chinese Democratic Party, which is banned by the Chinese authorities. He has previously circulated unverified claims, including about the death of Chinese President Xi Jinping. It is not known when the photographs of Kim Jong-un were taken.
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