SEOUL (Reuters) – Defectors from North Korea state a lot of their loved ones and contacts were uninformed of the international speculation over leader Kim Jong Un’s health or hesitated to go over the issue in private calls made from the South.
FILE IMAGE: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un goes to a groundbreaking event for the new Pyongyang General Hospital, on the event of the 75 th founding anniversary of the Employees’ Celebration of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea in this image launched by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 17,2020 KCNA/via REUTERS
Two defectors told Reuters their loved ones in North Korea did not understand that Kim has been missing out on from public view for almost 2 weeks, said they didn’t wish to discuss the problem, or abruptly hung up when the supreme leader was pointed out.
Kim’s health is a state secret in insular North Korea and speculation about him or his family can welcome speedy retribution.
Another defector said some individuals in the North have actually nevertheless been independently broaching Kim’s whereabouts after he stopped working to appear at a key