North Korea leader, Kim Jong Un, reportedly had made his first public appearance after 20 days being absent from the public eye.
Rumors spread across the globe that Kim has fallen gravely ill after he failed to show up at the celebration of his grandfather’s birthday on April 15. However, South Korea officials insisted that Kim was “alive and well”.
On May 2, North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) released photos that reportedly showed Kim attending a large public ceremony to mark the completion of a new fertilizer factory, Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory. He was cutting a large red ribbon, with his sister Kim Yo Jong at the back.
JUST IN: Photos of Kim Jong Un opening a fertilizer factory in Sunchon on May 1, according to KCNA. pic.twitter.com/jaLjjFk55K
— Martyn Williams (@martyn_williams) May 1, 2020
Well, judging from the photos, Kim appears to be quite healthy and in perfectly good spirit, isn’t he? But it’s said that the authenticity of the images and the date they were shot still could not be verified.
Source: The Washington Post, CNN
Cover photo: Martyn Williams
