North Korean officers are in search of new medicines from overseas to deal with their chief of North Korea Kim Jong Un who has reportedly regained weight and is now going through well being points associated to weight problems. Kim jong is reportedly struggling with situations corresponding to hypertension and diabetes, in response to South Korea’s Nationwide Intelligence Service (NIS).
At 40 years previous, Kim has a household historical past of coronary heart issues, with each his father and grandfather dying from heart-related points. Identified for his heavy consuming and smoking habits, Kim is roughly 170 centimeters (5 toes, 8 inches) tall and beforehand weighed 140 kilograms (308 kilos). Regardless of showing to have misplaced a major quantity of weight in 2021, probably on account of dietary modifications, current state media footage suggests he has regained the misplaced weight, reported AP.
Lawmaker Lee Seong Kweun acknowledged that the NIS estimates Kim’s present weight to be round 140 kilograms (308 kilos), putting him in a high-risk group for coronary heart illness. “Kim has proven signs of hypertension and diabetes since his early 30s,” Lee stated. Lawmaker Park Sunwon added that the NIS believes Kim’s weight problems is linked to his consuming, smoking, and stress.
The NIS additionally knowledgeable lawmakers that North Korean officers have been making an attempt to obtain new medicines from overseas to handle Kim’s suspected hypertension and diabetes.
Kim’s well being is a subject of serious curiosity past North Korea’s borders, as he has not formally named a successor, elevating considerations about who would take cost of the nation’s rising nuclear arsenal within the occasion of his incapacitation.
Throughout Monday’s briefing, the NIS reiterated its evaluation that Kim’s preteen daughter, reportedly named Kim Ju Ae, seems to be bolstering her standing as her father’s inheritor obvious. Nevertheless, the NIS famous that it can not completely rule out the likelihood that one in every of her siblings might change her because the successor, on condition that she has not been formally designated as her father’s successor.
Hypothesis about Kim Ju Ae, who’s about 10 years previous, started to unfold when she began accompanying her father to high-profile public occasions in late 2022. State media have referred to her as Kim Jong Un’s “most beloved” or “revered” youngster and have launched quite a few pictures and pictures showcasing her rising political prominence and her shut relationship together with her father. The NIS reported to lawmakers that a minimum of 60% of Kim Ju Ae’s public appearances have concerned being current at navy occasions together with her father.
At 40 years previous, Kim has a household historical past of coronary heart issues, with each his father and grandfather dying from heart-related points. Identified for his heavy consuming and smoking habits, Kim is roughly 170 centimeters (5 toes, 8 inches) tall and beforehand weighed 140 kilograms (308 kilos). Regardless of showing to have misplaced a major quantity of weight in 2021, probably on account of dietary modifications, current state media footage suggests he has regained the misplaced weight, reported AP.
Lawmaker Lee Seong Kweun acknowledged that the NIS estimates Kim’s present weight to be round 140 kilograms (308 kilos), putting him in a high-risk group for coronary heart illness. “Kim has proven signs of hypertension and diabetes since his early 30s,” Lee stated. Lawmaker Park Sunwon added that the NIS believes Kim’s weight problems is linked to his consuming, smoking, and stress.
The NIS additionally knowledgeable lawmakers that North Korean officers have been making an attempt to obtain new medicines from overseas to handle Kim’s suspected hypertension and diabetes.
Kim’s well being is a subject of serious curiosity past North Korea’s borders, as he has not formally named a successor, elevating considerations about who would take cost of the nation’s rising nuclear arsenal within the occasion of his incapacitation.
Throughout Monday’s briefing, the NIS reiterated its evaluation that Kim’s preteen daughter, reportedly named Kim Ju Ae, seems to be bolstering her standing as her father’s inheritor obvious. Nevertheless, the NIS famous that it can not completely rule out the likelihood that one in every of her siblings might change her because the successor, on condition that she has not been formally designated as her father’s successor.
Hypothesis about Kim Ju Ae, who’s about 10 years previous, started to unfold when she began accompanying her father to high-profile public occasions in late 2022. State media have referred to her as Kim Jong Un’s “most beloved” or “revered” youngster and have launched quite a few pictures and pictures showcasing her rising political prominence and her shut relationship together with her father. The NIS reported to lawmakers that a minimum of 60% of Kim Ju Ae’s public appearances have concerned being current at navy occasions together with her father.
