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Kim Jong-un (centre) was last seen examining North Korea’s Air Force units on 12 April.
US authorities “haven’t seen” North Korean leader Kim Jong-un recently and are watching reports about his health “closely”, United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has actually said.
He also expressed issue that the hermit state could be hit either by the coronavirus break out or a famine.
Mr Kim, 36, last appeared in state media on 12 April, activating speculation that he was seriously ill.
But authorities in South Korea later on said such reports were not real.
There have actually also been ideas that North Korea’s “supreme leader” may be remaining at the sea resort of Wonsan to protect himself from possible exposure to coronavirus.
The secretive state shut its borders in late January due to the pandemic.
What did Mike Pompeo state?
Asked on Wednesday by Fox News to talk about the current reports on Mr Kim’s health, Mr Pompeo stated: “We haven’t seen him. We don’t have any information to report today, we’re viewing it carefully.
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Mike Pompeo has actually held a number of rounds of high-level talks in North Korea over the last few years.
” There is a genuine threat that there will be a scarcity, a food scarcity, inside o