• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in grave danger after a surgery says a US official with direct knowledge. 
• Kim’s alleged turn for the worse comes after he recently missed the celebration of his grandfather’s birthday on April 15, raising speculation about his health
• The 36-year-old ‘Supreme Leader’ had been last seen four days before that at a government meeting
• Kim had been receiving treatment after undergoing a cardiovascular procedure early this month
• He was recovering at a villa in the Mount Kumgang resort county of Hyangsan on the east coast after getting the procedure on April 12 at a hospital there

Ralph R. Ortega – Daily Mail.com – April 21, 2020

Kim Yo Jong (left) and Kim Jong-Un (right). Click to enlarge

Fears were growing for Kim Jong-un‘s health today after a US official said the dictator could be in ‘grave danger’ after heart surgery – although South Korea has played down the reports.

Washington is monitoring intelligence that Kim is in a critical condition after his operation, CNN quoted an unnamed US official as saying.

Kim, 36, was last seen at a government meeting on April 11, and was mysteriously absent from the celebration of his late grandfather Kim Il-Sung’s birthday on April 15.

Daily NK, an outlet run mostly by North Korean defectors, said Kim had undergone a cardiovascular procedure and was recovering at a villa in North Phyongan province

It is unclear what would happen next if fears that Kim is ‘incapacitated or worse’ prove correct, but his sister Kim Yo-jong is among the senior politicians who could be in line to take control.

South Korea has today played down the fears over Kim’s health, saying that ‘no special movement has been detected inside North Korea’.

The South’s Yonhap news agency cited an unnamed government official saying that reports Kim was seriously ill were ‘not true’.

The North has imposed even tighter restrictions than usual because of the coronavirus pandemic – although it claims to have no case.

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