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regard to North Korea's Kim Jong-un's health ideals, the Deputy Chief of Staff made an estimate that the North Korean military appears to be still under control of the North Korean military. However, we did not say on what grounds this assumption was made.

This is a report from Correspondent Kim Yun-soo of Washington.

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John Hyton, Deputy Deputy Secretary-General for the US Department of Defense briefing, said there was no reason not to look at Kim Jong-un's question as to whether he still appears to control North Korea.

North Korea's military as well as its nuclear armed forces were estimated to be under Kim's control.


[John Hyton / Deputy Chief of Staff, US: Kim Jong-un estimates that he still has full control over the North Korean nuclear and North Korean forces. There is no reason not to presume that.]

Amid the United States' response to the unawareness of Kim's health ideology, a high-ranking US official stated that Kim's military control had no change. .

Apart from the health controversy, it still means that Kim is still alive as a North Korean leader, but he did not explain the basis for this assumption.

US Secretary of State Pompeo also remained cautious saying there was nothing more to say in the current situation.

[Pompeo / US Secretary of State: There is nothing more to say about the North Korean issue. As President Trump said yesterday, we are closely observing what's going on in North Korea.]

Earlier, President Trump said he had no confirmation of Kim's health anomalies, and said he hopes to be well.