North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, 36, might or might not be on his deathbed, according to a number of media reports across the U.S. and South Korea
On Tuesday, a number of clashing accounts about Kim’s status emerged, raising the possibility that the young totalitarian might be disabled or die without a clear successor to his routine, which has actually managed a few of the world’s worst human rights offenses.
Here’s what we understand– and do not know– about Kim’s health today.
The U.S. is monitoring his health, which might remain in vital condition
Sources acquainted with the intelligence informed CNN that U.S. authorities are carefully monitoring reports that Kim’s health is rapidly weakening.
The intelligence recommends he may be “in severe risk after going through a previous surgical treatment,” CNN reported Tuesday after talking with four sources, one of whom said the intensity of Kim’s health problem is tough to evaluate.
In a tweet, MSNBC’s Katy Tur said that Kim was brain dead after slipping into a coma, citing CNN and MSNBC. She later deleted the tweet “out of an abundance of caution” and said she was waiting on more details.
While one official told CNN the proof does not yet suggest that Kim is disarmed, other officials informed NBC News that there’s proof he is.
Nationwide security consultant Robert O’Brien has only validated that the U.S. is “keeping a close eye” on reports about Kim’s health, stating Tuesday on Fox News that the U.S. is “monitoring these reports extremely carefully.”
He’s been missing from the general public eye because a reported treatment
Antennas went up when Kim did not make a look at the “Day of the Sun” celebration, an annual ceremony of his grandfather’s birthday on April 15.
His absence came after he had a cardiovascular treatment on April 12, reported Daily NK, a South Korean online paper covering news on North Korea. The report mentioned a single North Korean source, who hypothesized the surgery may be tied to Kim’s obesity, smoking habit or “overwork.”
South Korea is contradicting these reports
Confusion over Kim’s health grew Tuesday a