South Korea downplays a report Tuesday, April 21, that the North's leader Kim Jong Un was being treated after surgery, as speculation mounts over his absence from a key anniversary. Full story:
ALL SMILES. North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un reacts at a signing ceremony with US President Donald Trump during their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. Photo by Saul Loeb/AFP
In a statement, a spokesman for the South's presidential Blue House said:"We have nothing to confirm and no special movement has been detected inside North Korea as of now." "Kim Jong-il had been dead several days before it was announced and it took everyone by surprise," he tweeted. On April 12, the North's official news state media KCNA reported that Kim had inspected drills by fighter jets at an air defense unit.
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