Previous to now, the head of state hadn't been publicly seen for two weeks, raising concerns about his health and rumors about his disappearance amid the coronavirus epidemic
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly made his first public appearance in two weeks on Friday by attending the completion ceremony of a fertilizer plant in the central southeastern town of Suncheon, according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap and the North Korean state-run news agency KCNA.
The fertilizer plant may be connected to the nation's covert nuclear ambitions. Margaret Croy, a researcher of East Asian nuclear proliferationthat a recent study suggested that the country's fertilizer factories could help it produce nuclear material by extracting uranium from phosphoric acids. Jong-un has accelerated his country's nuclear efforts while also emphasizing other economic and infrastructural developments since becoming national leader in 2011.
His appearance on Friday follows a two-week period of public speculation and rumors about his health following an April 20 rumor, sparked by an anonymous source featured in the South Korea-based media outlet
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