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North Korea’s Kim Jong Un makes first public appearance in 20 days

This picture taken on May 1, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 2020 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) visiting the completed Suchon phosphate fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province, North Korea. (AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 2020 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd L) visiting the completed Suchon phosphate fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province, North Korea. (AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 2020 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (3rd R) attending a ceremony to mark the completion of Sunchon phosphatic fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province, North Korea. (AFP)
This picture taken on May 1, 2020 and released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 2, 2020 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (3rd R) attending a ceremony to mark the completion of Sunchon phosphatic fertilizer factory in South Pyongan Province, North Korea. (AFP)
 A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) cutting a ribon at a completion ceremony of a factory, which has been built as the production base of Juche fertilizer, on May Day, in Sunchon, North Korea, 01 May 2020. (EPA)
A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) cutting a ribon at a completion ceremony of a factory, which has been built as the production base of Juche fertilizer, on May Day, in Sunchon, North Korea, 01 May 2020. (EPA)
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02 May 2020 08:05:12 GMT9
02 May 2020 08:05:12 GMT9

The North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 20 days on Friday at the completion ceremony of a fertilizer factory on the south road of Heian South, near Pyongyang, Korean Central News Agency reported Saturday.

It was Kim’s first public appearance since April 11, when he presided over a ruling Workers’ Party meeting. 

Speculation about his health swirled after he missed the April 15 birthday celebration for his late grandfather Kim Il Sung, the country’s most important holiday, for the first time since taking power in 2011.

Conjecture was then fueled after an online Korean media outlet reported that Kim was undergoing treatment after a cardiovascular procedure.

Soon afterwards, CNN reported that Washington was "monitoring intelligence" that Kim was in "grave danger" after undergoing surgery, quoting an anonymous US official.

Amid such reports, the South Korean government denied that there was any "unique trend," in the information that was spreading, and US President Donald Trump pointed out that the CNN report was "not correct." 

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