President Trump wishes Kim Jong Un 'good luck' amid speculation over the North Korean leader's health.
Speculation about Kim's health mounted after he failed to attend his late grandfather's birthday celebrations on April 15, the most important date in North Korea's calendar, known as"Day of the Sun."as saying Kim, who is believed to be 36, had undergone heart surgery and was recuperating in a villa outside Pyongyang.
Several U.S. officials told NBC News that U.S. intelligence reporting indicates that Kim recently had cardiovascular surgery and had been out of public view for days. Some officials said the intelligence suggests Kim may be incapacitated. U.S. intelligence agencies and military are working to determine his health status, officials said.
But later on Tuesday South Korean President Moon Jae-in's office denied that Kim was ill, confirming he was at work and"currently touring provincial areas with his close aides."Some South Korean lawmakers met with government officials on the Foreign Affairs and Unification Committee Wednesday, to discuss the health reports during an emergency-closed meeting, political aides told NBC.
The lawmakers questioned the government’s statement that Kim was touring provincial areas, but government officials repeated their position, Kim Dong Hyun, an aide to South Korea's independent lawmaker Yoon Sang Hyun, told NBC News.and events inside the country are often difficult or impossible to verify. But South Korea and its intelligence agencies often have solid information about what goes on inside its authoritarian neighbor.
In China, which is North Korea's biggest but uneasy ally, the foreign ministry said it is aware of the reports but did not know their source, according to spokesman Geng Shuang.onto North Korean soil in 2019, becoming the first sitting U.S. president to cross the 1953 armistice line separating North and South Korea. Washington and Pyongyang have undertaken a series of negotiations to limit North Korea's nuclear capabilities, which have not yet yielded a deal.
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