North Korea: Kim Jong-un appears in public for the first time in three weeks

Kim Jung-un, here in 2014 (illustration image). Reuters

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Kim Jong Un participated in the inauguration of a factory Friday, May 1, said the agency KCNA, in the first assertion of an official media of a public appearance of the North Korean leader since rumors about his health started running last month.

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Kim Jong-un "  attended the ceremony  ", and "  all the participants threw hurray! When it appeared, said the official agency. The North Korean leader has not appeared in public since he chaired a politburo meeting on April 11. The next day, official media claimed that he was inspecting fighter jets at a military base.

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