New health rumours don surround North Korean leader Kim Jong-un after social media claims talk say im suffer brain haemorrhage and dem secretly carry am go China for emergency treatment. Some online accounts even claim say the 42-year-old leader don die, but no credible proof dey for the brain bleed claim or the death claim.
British newspaper The Sun report say the rumours suggest dem move Kim go Peking Union Medical College Hospital for Beijing after severe brain bleed. But North Korea and China never acknowledge any medical emergency, and no hospital record or independent evidence don show to back the reports.
Kim last appear for photographs wey North Korean state media post on October 13. For the pictures, im dey with im wife Ri Sol-ju and daughter Kim Ju-ae as dem visit defence museum. The visit happen October 11, and im tour weapons exhibitions, including one Intercontinental Ballistic Missile wey fit strike United States.
Timing of the rumours dey raise questions. For September 30, National Intelligence Service of South Korea tell lawmakers say Kim weigh about 140 kilograms and no notable health problem dey. That assessment come less than three weeks before the latest claims start spread well well.
No be first time question mark dey over Kim health. For 2020, rumour spread say im don die or im dey coma after im disappear from public sight, but im later reappear.
The latest speculation also drag succession matter inside North Korea. Kim im daughter dey steadily gain ground for public appearances, while im sister Kim Yo-jong dey gain political clout. For one separate claim, Wanjun Xie, chairman of China Democracy Party, allege say Kim die after cerebral haemorrhage and say Kim Yo-jong don take control of the regime instead of Kim Ju-ae. Nobody don confirm the claims, and no official confirmation dey.
For now, reports about Kim Jong-un health remain unverified.
