N. Korea’s Kim Jong Un - Dead, or Alive?? 3024

Good morning, I’m still reporting on Trump and North Korea.
Both CNN and NBC about 10 hours ago announced that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has undergone heart surgery and is in grave danger.
Both news services have subsequently deleted their earlier tweets after Reuters reported word from the South Korean government that there are “no unusual signs” regarding the leader’s health.
Within the last hour, CNN has gone back up with a story attributed to “intelligence sources” saying that Kim is in “grave danger” after his surgery.
Kim is 38 years old and obviously obese. Reuters is still reporting that Kim is recovering at a villa in the Mount Kumgang resort after surgery several days ago. His absence raised serious questions when he failed to appear at a celebration marking the birthday of his grandfather, Kim Il Sung on April 15.
The Daily NK, a news website run mostly by North Korean escapees said that Kim’s health has deteriorated in recent months due to heavy smoking, obesity and overwork.
According to a Reuters’ source: “My understanding is that he had been struggling (with heart problems) since last August, but it worsened after repeated visits to Mount Paetu (the nation’s sacred mountain).”
Kim’s last public appearance was on April 11th when he presided over the Politburo meeting.
Three days later, on April 14, NK conducted a number of cruise missile tests which Kim would usually have been present at, but the typical pictures of the young leader delighting in this display of high-tech Korean fireworks were not released by the state media.
Last night, Anna Fifield, a Kim biographer tweeted out these interesting details on Kim’s health:
“Kim Jong Un is five feet, seven inches tall, and weighs about three hundred pounds = BMI of 45, or "extremely obese".
In 2018, when the leaders of North and South Korea met:
“… they both shoveled dirt onto the base of a pine tree during their first meeting, the 65-year-old South Korean president did it with ease. The 34-year-old North Korean, however, could be seen huffing and puffing. His face was red after the smallest exertion. At an earlier meeting, Kim Jong Un’s wife told the southern envoys that she couldn’t get him to give up smoking.”
I’m still reporting from just outside the citadel of American freedom. Good day.