North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sends gratitude to workers amid health rumours

Seoul: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un expressed his gratitude to workers building a tourist zone in the east coast region of Wonsan, state media said on Monday, amid persisting speculation about his health. “Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un has sent his appreciation to the workers who devoted themselves to building the Wonsan-Kalma tourist zone,” Yonhap News Agency quoted Rodong Sinmun, the North’s main newspaper, as saying in a report. The Korean Central Broadcasting Station also carried a similar report.

The reports came amid lingering speculation that something might be wrong with Kim’s health since he missed an important annual ceremony on April 15 commemorating the birthday of late state founder and his grandfather, Kim Il-sung.

Some unconfirmed media reports have speculated that Kim could be “in grave danger” after surgery.

But South Korean officials have dismissed such speculation as untrue, saying nothing unusual was going on in the North and Kim Jong-un was believed to be staying in the Wonsan region.

Corroborating the intelligence was a report by the US monitoring website 38 North that satellite imagery showed what appeared to be Kim Jong-un’s special train parked at a station in “his Wonsan compound since at least April 21”. (IANS)

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