Seoul/Washington:, The US is looking into intelligence that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is “in grave danger after a surgery”, a media report said on Tuesday.
The Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency quoted a CNN report which cited an unidentified “US official with direct knowledge” as saying, but offered no further details.
The report came after a South Korean internet news outlet reported that Kim has been receiving medical treatment at a villa in the resort county of Hyangsan, outside of Pyongyang, following a cardiovascular procedure.
Speculation has increased about what happened to Kim since he apparently skipped an annual visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the occasion of the 108th birthday of his late grandfather and state founder Kim Il-sung on April 15.
Meanwhile, South Korea has seen no unusual signs with regard to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s health, government officials said here Tuesday, after an American media report said that Kim was “in grave danger after a surgery”.
In the report, CNN cited an unidentified “US official with direct knowledge” but did not provide any further details.
“There are no unusual signs in North Korea,” a South Korean government official told Yonhap News Agency.
“It is not a fact.” (IANS)
