Conflicting reports over North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's health, possible successor

  • 📰 SBSNews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 56 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 26%
  • Publisher: 89%

Australia Headlines News

Australia Latest News,Australia Headlines

There are conflicting reports about the health and whereabouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, as well as questions over who would succeed him if he died.

A special train possibly belonging to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been spotted at a resort town in the country, according to satellite images reviewed by a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project, amid conflicting reports about Mr Kim's health and whereabouts.

Speculation about Mr Kim's health first arose due to his absence from the anniversary of the birthday of North Korea's founding father and Mr Kim's grandfather, Kim Il Sung, on 15 April. A third-generation hereditary leader who came to power after his father's death in 2011, Mr Kim has no clear successor in a nuclear-armed country, which could present major international risk.On Thursday, US President Donald Trump downplayed reports that Mr Kim was ill.

A Trump administration official said continuing days of North Korean media silence on Mr Kim's whereabouts had heightened concerns about his condition, and that information remained scant from a country US intelligence has long regarded as a"black box".Daily NK, a Seoul-based website that reports on North Korea, cited one unnamed source in North Korea on Monday as saying that Mr Kim had undergone medical treatment in the resort county of Hyangsan, north of the capital Pyongyang.

Newsis reported Mr Kim may be sheltering from COVID-19, the respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

China should take over now

So? SBSNews auspol

Don't tell me someone wiped his sweaty face for him with one of 'THOSE ' wipes. Oopsey! 🎃😨💀👻

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 3. in AU

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Mixed reports on Kim Jong Un's health | Sky News AustraliaMixed reports continue to emerge about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health.\n\nA South Korean government minister said he has heard numerous rumours but the most trustworthy source told him Kim Jong Un has undergone cardiovascular surgery.\n\nA Chinese medical team has reportedly been sent into North Korea to check on the dictator.\n I say he is dead after eating all the North Koreans. We can only hope for what is best (for the World). KimJongUn
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »

What we know about Kim Jong Un's healthConfusing and sometimes conflicting reports have emerged in the past week about the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 9News We know absolutely ZERO I was not aware Kim Jong was Ill. Tie to forge a new Korea Path? CNN has just “confirmed” his death, which means he’s probably alive and well!
Source: 9NewsAUS - 🏆 10. / 72 Read more »

Not dead, just at the beach: reports Kim Jong-un seen at tourist resortNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been detected by US sources walking in the port city of Wonsan, days after rumours spread that he was gravely ill after surgery. find the ashtray find fat kim USIC video sourced: Are they sure it wasnt just a beached whale?
Source: smh - 🏆 6. / 80 Read more »

China sends medical team to check on Kim Jong-un's health, sources sayThere are some reports saying Kimmie is dead! People familiar with the situation......what an odd term. Trump has taken over as international looney in chief.
Source: SBSNews - 🏆 3. / 89 Read more »

Rumours intensify as Chinese medical team goes to treat Kim Jong-unSpeculation that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un is in a serious condition has ramped up after a Chinese medical team was sent to treat him. I can confirm he is dead Why would you want to save this asshole ..the ppl will be better off NK: Kim is not dead Also NK:
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »

Rumours of Kim Jong-un’s death were 'greatly exaggerated' | Sky News AustraliaSky News Foreign Coordinator Brent O’Halloran says rumours of Kim Jong-un’s death have been “greatly exaggerated”. \n\n“It’s difficult to speak with much certainty regarding anything to do with the North Korean leader or indeed anything going on within the hermit nation, Mr O’Halloran said. \n\nIt is understood the 36 year old leader of North Korea underwent heart surgery earlier this month with several US outlets quoting unnamed US intelligence sources reporting there were complications from that surgery. \n\nCNN said he was in “grave danger” while an NBC reporter tweeted he was “brain dead”, a tweet which was later deleted, Mr O’Halloran said. \n\nOfficials in South Korea, Japan and China later said there was no evidence to suggest Kim Jong-un is severely ill. \n\nMr O’Halloran said “this was not the first time US media outlets had released false information”. \n\nWhile it may have been an “incidental mistake,” Mr O’Halloran said “it was this sort of journalistic malpractice which bought us three years of uncorroborated Russia-Trump collusion conspiracy theories which were peddled by the majority of US mainstream media outlets”. \n wishful thinking Working in a chicken shop somewhere We shouldn’t hope for death for anyone
Source: SkyNewsAust - 🏆 7. / 78 Read more »