By Uche Mbah
After twenty days of death rumor, the North Korean Maximum leader reportedly appeared in public, according to state media. He was said to be pictured cutting the ribbon in the opening of a fertilizer factory.
Though skeptics are reluctant to accept that this is not a clone, KCNA News reports that the crowd “broke into a thunderous cheer and Hurrah” when he appeared Friday, according to BBC, which added that the report from the Korean state media “cannot be independently verified”.
President Trump had declined comment on Kim’s health status, according to recent reports, apart from initial comments indicating he may be alife, but KCNA insists that he was accompanied by senior North Korean officials, including his sister, one of his siblings. Kim had allegedly killed his half brother years back on alleged fear of his ambition of taking over the government. Kim’s family tree has ruled North Korea for three generations.
Speculations about Kim’s death started when he missed the death anniversary ceremony of his grandfather on the 15th of April. Reports of his death were a product of a single-source story that World News Agencies ran with until a US media reported that he slumped and may have died from a botched heart operation. Later Chinese and South Korean intelligence denied the report, claiming it to be false. North Korea never said where he had been during the period under speculations.
The last time Kim disappeared was in 2014, when he disappeared for forty days after attending a Concert. He later reappeared walking with a cane.
Speculations have been rife on who will succeed him if the death rumors are true. The empire has been ruled by the Kim dynasty since 1948 when Kim Il Song founded the nation. One of his half brothers is dead, but he still has two sisters and a brother from the same mother. His father had children from two women.
