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North Korean leader missing North possibly planning Unification | EUTimes.net

The third generation Kim dynasty heir, Kim Jong-un, has been missing from public sight for a month, and may be ill, dead, or overthrown. There is much speculation, and contradictory reports are circulating, including the assertion that Pyongyang is sealed off, and no one is being permitted to enter or leave. But one fact is clear and it is dramatic. CNN reports:

With Kim Jong Un out of sight for a month, a covey of North Korea’s high officials popped down to South Korea for a last minute jaunt on Saturday, and delivered a diplomatic bonbon.

Kim Jong-un has not been seen for 37 days and the internet is about to explode

The current official story is that he has a leg injury.
Kim Jong Un's long absence from public view explained - Chicago Tribune

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in firm control of his government but has hurt his leg, a source with access to the secretive North's leadership said, playing down speculation over the 31-year-old's health and grip on power.

"He injured his ankle and knee around late August or early September while drilling because he is overweight. He limped around in the beginning but the injury worsened," the source said.

Kim, who has rapidly gained weight since coming to power after his father died of a heart attack in 2011, had been seen walking with a limp since an event with important officials in July, which would imply he may have aggravated an earlier injury.

Kim needs about 100 days to recuperate, said the source, whose information could not be independently verified.

We can only hope. Of course this could easily make its way to the bad news thread as its been widely speculated that if the Kim regime and North Korea were to crumble, the flood of refugees into China and South Korea could bring about one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent history (mainly China seeing as how the DMZ is virtually impossible to cross by land).