BEIJING/SEOUL (Reuters) – China has dispatched a team to North Korea including medical experts to advise on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, according to three people familiar with the situation.
The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader. Reuters was unable to immediately determine what the trip by the Chinese team signaled in terms of Kim’s health. Kim Jong Un is rumored to be dead, according to a Hong Kong broadcast network
Daily NK, a Seoul-based website, reported earlier this week that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, recently underwent heart surgery and continues to recuperate from the procedure at a villa outside of Pyongyang.
South Korean government officials and a Chinese official with the Liaison Department challenged subsequent reports suggesting that Kim was in grave danger after surgery. South Korean officials said they had detected no signs of unusual activity in North Korea.
North Korea’s state media last reported on Kim’s whereabouts when he presided over a meeting on April 11.
Source: Reuters
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