Kim Jong-un ‘alive and well’

Kim Jong-un is “alive and well” in a resort according to a government official trying to quash rumours the North Korean leader is gravely ill. 

The mystery surrounding the health of Kim Jong-un took a new twist today after neighbouring South Korea insisted the missing despot is “alive and well.”

President Moon Jae-in’s foreign policy adviser poured cold water on reports Kim had died by claiming he is actually staying at his holiday palace on the North Korean coast,, The US Sun reports.

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Our government position is firm.....Kim Jong-un is alive and well, Chung-in Moon told Fox News. He has been staying in the Wonsan area since April 13. No suspicious movements have so far been detected.

North Korean defectors also dismissed the spiralling rumours of Kim’s death.

Joo Sung-ha, a defector turned journalist, said in a Facebook post reported by the New York Times it was reasonable to believe Kim had health problems.

However, he wrote he had zero trust in any of the reports as information about Kim’s health is such a closely guarded secret.

The health of the Kim family is the secret among secrets, he said.

Thae Yong-ho, a former North Korean diplomat who also defected, said it was hard to believe any reliable information had been leaked by Kim’s inner circle.

He said that while he worked in the country no one was aware of Kim Jong-il’s death until 2011 when they were called to an auditorium and saw an announcer dressed in black.