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Taiwan’s National Security Office, Taiwan’s chief intelligence officer (NSB) Chuu Kuo-cheng said Thursday, Kim Jongun is North Korea’s top patient, the CNA’s Taiwan State News Agency reported. However, he did not say more, citing the security of the news sources.
According to the CNA, Chiu answered this question from a member of the ruling party in parliament, but did not provide further details, the Index wrote, referring to the MTI. When asked if the North Korean leader was alive, the NSB leader smiled and avoided answering.
The Taiwanese opposition asked Chiu if there would be a power gap in North Korea if Kim died. The NSB chief said that Taiwanese intelligence is prepared for this eventuality. The retired general, who was previously a minister and chief of staff, said the NSB had information about the situation in North Korea, but could only speak about it behind closed doors, as doing so in public would jeopardize resources.
The news of the deterioration in the health of the North Korean leader came after he did not appear in the commemoration of the anniversary of the birth of the founding grandfather, Kim Ir Sen, on April 15, although it is the largest party in North Korea. The North Korean leader did not appear in public even in the days leading up to the April 15 parade.
US television CNN reported last week that Kim Jongun had undergone cardiovascular surgery and was in serious condition. Other sources say North Korea’s closest ally China has sent a team of experts, including doctors, to Pyongyang.
North Korea’s KCNA news agency last wrote on April 12 that the top leader appeared at a meeting of the political committee of the Korean Labor Party that rules the country, but has not reported on the leader’s activities since So, although this is regularly featured news in the state party media.
South Korean Unification Minister Kim Jön Chul, who is in charge of relations between the two Koreas, recently did not confirm unconfirmed reports on the state of the North Korean leader at a meeting of the parliament’s foreign affairs committee and described them like fake news. “We have intelligence that allows us to confidently say that there are no unusual signs in North Korea,” MTI wrote.
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