38노스 "김정은 전용추정 열차, 이번 주 북한 원산 역에 정차" North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for weeks... amid rumors that he is gravely ill.
A train likely belonging to him has reportedly been spotted near his compound in the eastern city of Wonsan.
But the North Korean media has not said yet anything to address the speculation.
Yoon Jung-min reports.
U.S.-based North Korea monitoring website 38 North announced Saturday, based on satellite pictures, that a train likely belonging to Kim Jong-un has been parked near his compound in the eastern city of Wonsan since at least last Tuesday.
It said the train was not present on April 15th,... but was present on both April 21st and 23rd.
38 North noted, however, that the train's presence does not prove that Kim is there.
As for rumours about Kim's health, the Japanese magazine ( )Shukan Gendai reported Saturday that he is in a "vegetative state" after a stent procedure gone wrong.
Kim was mentioned as active, though, in a report Sunday by the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency, which said that Kim delivered a message of thanks to the workers who took part in building the new city of Samjiyon.
The South Korean government said last week that there are no unusual developments in North Korea,... and the regime's media have been tight-lipped when it comes to the rumors about its leader's health.
Kim has not been seen on multiple key dates for the regime, including Saturday's 88th anniversary of the North Korean People's Revolutionary Army.
On Sunday, Japan's Asahi Shimbun reported that a team of around 50 medical experts from China's Hospital 301 were dispatched to North Korea last Thursday or earlier,... citing a Chinese Communist Party official.
The report said it's also not clear whether this has anything to do with the health of Kim Jong-un.
But it did note that treating just one person would not require those dozens of experts, so it could be that Pyeongyang and Beijing are working together to stop the coronavirus.
Yoon Jung-min, Arirang News.
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