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South Korean authorities are "closely monitoring" the fact that North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un has again stopped appearing in public for three weeks, an official spokesman in Seoul reported on Friday .

Kim participated in an act to celebrate the completion of the construction of a fertilizer plant on May 1, after a three-week absence, an appearance that ended versions of alleged serious health problems for the leader of the Pyongyang regime .

But again they are missing images of Kim in the North Korean media, and the issue has arisen in the daily press conference that offered Friday a spokesman for the Unification Ministry Korea South , Yoh Sang-key .

Rumors about your health problems

"The relevant authorities are closely monitoring" this issue, Yoh said in statements collected by the South Korean news agency Yonhap . "In January he was also publicly absent for 21 days, so we are closely following this issue," he added.

That absence of the North Korean dictator began after he participated in a concert on January 25, and did not reappear until February 16.

But his absence was especially noted in April, after media conjectures arose about an alleged surgical operation that would have caused him serious problems. Some sources even ventured that Kim had passed away.

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