No evidence Kim Jong Un underwent heart op, South Korean intelligence say

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

Wild theories circulate that Kim Jong Un uses a body double

Wild theorists are claiming that Kim Jong Un has a body double after the North Korean leader made his first public appearance following weeks of rumours that he had died. State media broadcast images of Kim at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a fertiliser plant on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Friday, his first appearance since … Read more

Is there more than Un? Wild theories circulate that Kim Jong Un uses a body double

Wild theorists are claiming that Kim Jong Un has a body double after the North Korean leader made his first public appearance following weeks of rumours that he had died. State media broadcast images of Kim at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at a fertiliser plant on the outskirts of Pyongyang on Friday, his first appearance since … Read more

North Korean defector apologises for saying Kim Jong Un was probably so ill he could not stand

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

Kim Jong Un’s death could force US and South Korea to take military action

Kim Jong Un’s death would cause a geopolitical meltdown that could see North Korea’s cold war with the West turn hot, experts have warned. A power vacuum left by the dictator could explode into an ugly civil war, which would spark ‘humanitarian suffering’ and a wave of refugees fleeing the violence. Military planners have forecast … Read more

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ‘in grave danger after heart surgery’

Kim Jong-Un is in grave danger after a surgery says, a US official with direct knowledge of the North Korean leader’s health. Kim’s alleged turn for the worse Monday evening comes after he recently missed the celebration of his grandfather’s birthday on April 15, which raised speculation about his well-being.   He had been seen four … Read more

Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong calls South Korea a ‘frightened dog’

Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong calls South Korea a ‘frightened dog’ for protesting its live-fire weapons drills in a rare sign of her growing power Jim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong has issued insults towards its rival South Korea  She criticised the South for expressing concerns over the North’s firing drills It … Read more