What we know about Kim Jong Un's health

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Confusing and sometimes conflicting reports have emerged in the past week about the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. 9News

Andrei Lankov, a professor at Kookmin University in South Korea and an expert in North Korean affairs, says very few people know the intimate details of Kim's personal life - and they are "not inclined to talk about it, because they would much prefer to remain alive."

Very few details about North Korea are revealed that are not state-sanctioned. Those who have fled the country offer invaluable insight, but defection can take weeks, months - even years. Experts and analysts who study North Korea rely on everything from satellite images of personnel movements to a line-by-line analysis of state media dispatches to find out the truth.

died. Their eventual takeovers were telegraphed to the public before their respective fathers' deaths.are not believed to have reached adulthood yet. Even if one was being groomed for future leadership, the child would need some sort of regent to rule in an interim capacity - something that's never happened in North Korea.

Most countries aim to share what Vipin Narang, a professor of political science at MIT and expert in nuclear weapons issues and strategy, calls a "Goldilocks position on their nuclear weapons." North Korea's nuclear weapons are another closely guarded secret inside the country. Little is known about how many Pyongyang has, how reliable they are, if its missiles and submarines could successfully fire them or even how Kim oversees their command and control apparatus. Intelligence experts estimate Pyongyang has dozens of warheads based on the amount of radioactive material produced at its nuclear weapons facilities, but the exact number is unclear.

 

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He shouldn’t have shaken the hand of Trump at the last meeting.

What changes if he is dead?

He would already have selected a cruel and heartless communist dictator loving replacement, nothing will change if he dies. That's how all N Korean leaders are chosen

How is the Doctor going who botched Kim Jong surgery.

Covid-19 and High cholesterol; recipe he deserves.

He dead.

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Just so much fake news, the media just aren’t trusted anymore. Lawyers, car salesmen, media.

CNN has just “confirmed” his death, which means he’s probably alive and well!

I was not aware Kim Jong was Ill. Tie to forge a new Korea Path?

We know absolutely ZERO

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