On Monday, South Korea’s Daily NK website reported that North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un was receiving treatment after undergoing a cardiovascular procedure earlier this month, Reuters said.
Citing a U.S. official with supposed “direct knowledge” of the situation, CNN jumped on the story and claimed that Jong Un was in “grave danger” after a surgery. Bloomberg News is reporting that the communist dictator “may” be in grave danger.
One word changes the entire meaning of the story, doesn’t it? In the video below, that report from CGTN, a more detailed report gives a lot more clarity on the situation.
Breaking: The US is monitoring intelligence that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health is in grave danger following a surgery, a US official with direct knowledge tells me.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) April 21, 2020
The U.S. is seeking details about Kim Jong Un’s health after receiving information that the North Korean leader was in critical condition after undergoing cardiovascular surgery last week, a U.S. official said.
The Trump administration wasn’t sure whether Kim was dead or alive, said the official, who asked not to be identified. CNN had earlier reported, citing a U.S. official with direct knowledge of the matter, that Kim may be in “grave danger” after the surgery. The White House declined to comment on the CNN report.
South Korea’s benchmark Kospi gauge extended losses to as much as 3% on the news. Local defense stocks rose.
The Daily NK, a Seoul-based website that gathers information from informants inside the isolated nation, separately reported that Kim underwent a “cardiovascular surgical procedure” and was now mostly recovered. It was impossible to immediately verify the report, which the Daily NK said was based on one person inside North Korea.
The health of North Korea’s leader is one of the state’s most closely guarded secrets, typically only known by a handful of people in the inner circle of leadership. Speculation about Kim had been growing since his unprecendented absence from April 15 celebrations for the birthday of his grandfather and state founder Kim Il Sung, one of the biggest days on the North Korean calender. [Bloomberg]
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BREAKING: The US is monitoring intelligence that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in grave danger after surgery, according to a US official https://t.co/WyprxoyV94
— CNN International (@cnni) April 21, 2020
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Kim Jong Un may be in ‘grave danger’ after surgery, CNN reports https://t.co/yX4Tr8e9fi via @bpolitics
— Sarah Wells (@mcdonaldsarahj) April 21, 2020
(LEAD) No unusual signs about N.K. leader's health: government source https://t.co/3uZY9FxvtX
— Yonhap News Agency (@YonhapNews) April 21, 2020
Here's the verdict of South Korean doctors who assessed Kim Jong Un's health based on unedited footage of him at summits with the South Korean and American presidents: pic.twitter.com/vgKYo5lctg
— Anna Fifield (@annafifield) April 21, 2020
https://twitter.com/LokayFOX5/status/1252422306653036545
This piece was written by Wayne Dupree on April 21, 2020. It originally appeared in WayneDupree.com and is used by permission.
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