(ANSA) – BEIJING, OCTOBER 28 – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has lost 20 kilograms and does not seem to have any health problems: Seoul intelligence has returned to express itself on the rapid weight loss of the supreme commander speaking in the periodic hearing parliamentary behind closed doors, held today.
Denying rumors that Pyongyang may have used a double in Kim’s latest public appearances, the leaders of the National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported, in the Yonhap agency report, that the leader had reached a maximum weight of about 140. kilograms, before rapid weight loss was visible as early as June.
Kim’s health conditions are the subject of periodic speculation due to the heavy political implications on the stability of the country in the apparent lack of a designated heir to the succession and leadership of the hermit state.
South Korean intelligence assessments are the result of studies done with the help of technology, such as artificial intelligence and other scientific methods, Democratic Party MP Kim Byung-kee said at the end of the meeting.
The event also made it possible to discuss the nuclear issue: Pyongyang may have recycled the fuel rods in use at the Yongbyon plant, between February and July, to obtain plutonium for weapons.
Finally, a particularity pointed out by the leaders of the NIS: in recent times Kim has had the portraits of his father, Kim Jong-il, and of his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, founder and ‘eternal president’ of Korea removed from the background of the official meetings. North. Indeed, at the Self-Defense 2021, the fair on self-defense capabilities held in Pyongyang around 10 October to celebrate the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party, the large portraits of the leader with white military uniforms appeared among new missiles. commander in chief ‘.
As for the economic difficulties of the North, the NIS has estimated that trade between North and China reached 185 million dollars in the first nine months of 2021, equal to one third of that of the previous year. (HANDLE).
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