A South Korean diplomat speculates that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has fallen into a coma and that his sister, Kim Yo Jong, is capable of taking the giant of the rough nation.
Chang Song-min, a former ally of late South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, made sensational claims to South Korean media, according to the New York Post.
Chang suggested that Kim was in a coma, “but his life is not over.”
“A complete follow-up structure has not been formed, so Kim Yo-jong is brought forward because the vacuum cannot be maintained for an extended period.”
FIL: Kim Yo Jong, right, helps her brother North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sign a joint statement to the summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Paekhwawon State Guesthouse in Pyongyang, North Korea.
(Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP)
Chang’s accusation comes just days after South Korea’s spy agency said the 36-year-old leader of the North had delegated some of his authority to his close associates, including his younger sister, the Yonhap News Agency reported.
In a private meeting with lawmakers last week, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service said that “Kim Yo-jong, the first director of the deputy department of the Central Committee of the Labor Party, is in charge of general state affairs over the delegation. , “although Kim still maintains her brother” absolute authority. ”
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Yet still doubts the truth of the diplomat’s claims. It was also not the first time that Kim’s prolonged absence from public footlight has sparked speculation about his health.
In April, reports circulated that the leader of the Hermit Kingdom had undergone heart surgery after he had not been seen in public for almost three weeks. The North Korean government never declared Kim’s absence, including why he missed a commemoration celebrating the 108th birthday of his late grandfather, North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.
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After a video was released showing Kim walking around completing a fertilizer factory near Pyongyang, a South Korean government official told Fox News that “our government is of the opinion” that there was no indication that a medical procedure had occurred.
