South Korea: We haven’t heard anything about Kim Jong Un being gravely ill…

by The Right Scoop

You’d think if anyone knew anything about the health of Kim Jong Un, it’d be South Korea. But they are claiming they haven’t heard anything about Kim’s health being grave:

AZCENTRAL – South Korea’s government said Tuesday it had no information to corroborate a media report suggesting that Washington is monitoring intelligence indicating North Korea’s leader was gravely ill after he reportedly underwent heart surgery earlier this month.

Seoul has not detected any unusual activity or signs coming from Pyongyang about Kim Jong Un’s health, according to Kang Min-seok, a spokesman for the Blue House, the office and residence of South Korea President Moon Jae-in.

South Korea’s statement comes after a CNN report, citing an unnamed U.S. official “with direct knowledge” of the matter, said the U.S. is keeping an eye on intelligence suggesting that the North Korean leader’s health was in “grave danger.” A second official cited by CNN said the intelligence about Kim’s health was credible. The official acknowledged it was hard to assess how seriously ill he may be.

As far as I know there aren’t any new reports on the health of Kim today. But the fact that Kim missed a huge anniversary almost a week ago would seem to lend credence to the reports last night and could mean South Korea needs to work on it’s intel a bit more.

If Kim were to die, I’ve heard his sister’s name mentioned for who might take control of the country, but no one really knows at this point:

Here’s more from a Chinese American columnist on what could happen…


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