
South Korea said it couldn’t confirm reports of Kim undergoing surgery, and China dismissed them. North Korea has a title of 'President' however, this is reserved for the 'Eternal President' Kim Il-Sung, who officially is the leader of the North Korean State despite being dead since 1994. And state media has been mum about his whereabouts, unusual considering it typically plasters his image everywhere, even if he’s just touring a lubricant factory. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (AP) The President of South Korea said Monday he would work to promote peace with North Korea through dialogue until the end of his term in May, after Pyongyang sparked hostility and continued provocative weapons. president to meet with a North Korean leader when he held a summit with Kim Jong Un in. The South Korean leader promises a final negotiation with North Korea. Then CNN, citing an unnamed American official, reported that the US was “monitoring intelligence” that the supreme leader was in “grave danger.” Fueling speculation, Kim did something unheard of by skipping an April 15 commemoration of the birthday of Kim Il Sung, his grandfather and North Korea’s founder. In 2018, President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. Either way, it raises the question of who would take control of the nuclear-armed nation of 25 million should he surprise the world and abruptly pass away.Įarlier this week, an unconfirmed report from Daily NK, a Seoul-based website, said the North Korean leader had undergone heart surgery and was recuperating at a villa outside the capital Pyongyang. If reports this week are credible, supreme leader Kim Jong Un is in dire condition following surgery. It’s very hard to know what’s really going in North Korea.
