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No unusual signs from North Korea amid Kim Jong Un health reports, South insists

Unification minister's remarks follow claims by top Blue House adviser that DPRK leader is "alive and well"
Jeongmin Kim April 27, 2020
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No unusual signs from North Korea amid Kim Jong Un health reports, South insists
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An extensive intelligence assessment has detected "no unusual movements" in North Korea, South Korea's Minister of Unification said Monday, amid mounting rumors that leader Kim Jong Un is suffering from ill health.

Speaking at a forum in Seoul on Monday, minister Kim Yeon-chul said that South Korea could now "confidently say" that nothing unusual was taking place in the North.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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