South Korean intelligence has said there is no sign Kim Jong Un underwent a heart operation, following rumours that he was ‘gravely ill’ or even dead following surgery. Speaking to a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, the head of South Korea’s intelligence agency, Suh Hoon said there was nothing to indicate the rumours about Kim’s ill-health were true. … Read more
A former senior North Korean diplomat has apologised for saying Kim Jong-un was likely so ill ‘he cannot stand up by himself or walk properly’ just three days before the dictator was seen smoking a cigarette at a public event. North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to Britain, Thae Yong Ho, told CNN Kim’s ‘abnormal’ absence … Read more
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said shots fired Sunday from North Korea towards the South across their border were ‘accidental.’ ‘Handful of shots came across from the north, we think those were accidental,’ he told ABC’s ‘This Week.’ ‘South Koreans did return fire. There was no loss of life on either side,’ he added. Gunfire … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: North Korea fires gunshots towards South Korea South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staffs said in a statement that North Korea had fired a series of gunshots towards the country early Sunday The shots were fired towards a guard post in South Korea South Korea said it responded by firing two shots back towards North … Read more
‘Make a list of those who celebrated my death’: Internet reacts to claims Kim Jong-un is alive after photos are released of the smiling dictator following rumours he had died Kim Jong-un was last seen on April 11 leading to speculation on his health He missed the anniversary celebrations of his grandfather’s birth on April … Read more
US Senator Lindsey Graham has weighed in on reports Kim Jong Un is dead, saying he would not be ‘shocked’ if the North Korean despot was ‘dead or incapacitated’. He said that in such a tightly controlled state rumours about the leader’s death would not be allowed to go ‘unanswered’. The South Carolina representative has … Read more
China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader, with one Japanese media outlet claiming that … Read more
China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to immediately determine what … Read more
One was a beacon of optimism in post-WWII America, the other presides over a brutal Communist regime set on building a nuclear weapon. But despite the differences, Kim Jong-un believes he is living in his own version of Camelot, the youthful world of John F. Kennedy. A new book claims that the leader of North … Read more
North Korea is hiding the true devastation dealt to its people by coronavirus in a bid to spare China embarrassment, a senior defector has revealed. The regime is also desperate to keep its death toll from the people, he said, and was terrified of the ‘shockwaves’ that would rock society if the real impact was … Read more