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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSouth Korea says North Korea's Kim is not seriously ill..
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was not seriously ill, South Koreas Yonhap news agency said citing a government official on Tuesday, contradicting a CNN report he was in grave danger after a surgery.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-northkorea-politics/south-korea-says-north-koreas-kim-is-not-seriously-ill-yonhap-idUSKBN2230AV
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South Korea says North Korea's Kim is not seriously ill.. (Original Post)
HipChick
Apr 2020
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brettdale
(12,383 posts)1. they seem to have jumped the gun a bit
Although A NBC Journo also confirmed that someone in the state department said he was.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)2. He'll have to make a public appearance soon...
or have a good body double..
brettdale
(12,383 posts)5. there must be a five foot 300 pound North Korean with Black hair
Somewhere in North Korea.
EndlessWire
(6,546 posts)18. LOL! n/t
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)3. Reuters was reporting Kim had cardiovascular surgery.
Kim is 5'7", almost 300 lbs. and a heavy smoker. He supposedly has a lot of health problems.
sheshe2
(83,815 posts)8. 300 pounds and 5'7?
About the same size and shape of Donnie and he is a heavy inhaler....
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)12. Yep. He doesn't look that big in pictures
Link to tweet
In my book "The Great Successor," I wrote that Kim Jong Un's biggest risk factor was his obvious poor health -- and in particular the risk of cardiac problems.
Kim Jong Un is five feet, seven inches tall, and weighs about three hundred pounds = BMI of 45, or "extremely obese"
sheshe2
(83,815 posts)14. at 34 years old...
it is way more than smoking that is doing him in.
Thanks for the info, octoberlib.
atreides1
(16,084 posts)11. Okay then?
And why would any sane person trust anything coming out of Pompeo's State Department?
sheshe2
(83,815 posts)4. Bwahahahaha!!!!
Weekend at Kims?
brettdale
(12,383 posts)6. prop me up beside the jukebox
Blue Owl
(50,448 posts)7. LOL
Dig the Weekend at Bernie's graphic!
OhioChick
(23,218 posts)9. I was shocked to read he's only 36! n/t
Flaleftist
(3,473 posts)10. Okay. Let's see Kim say it for himself on video.
Baclava
(12,047 posts)13. Why would anybody believe anything coming out of the North?
SunSeeker
(51,578 posts)15. Great gif.
BigmanPigman
(51,613 posts)16. Too bad fat Donny doesn't smoke, he could join his
hefty boyfriend in Hell.
HipChick
(25,485 posts)17. Bwahahahaha!!!!