Some observers say that Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the North Korean Workers' Party, has some health problems, such as losing weight.

General Secretary Kim Jong-un presided over the Politburo meeting on the 4th, the first public activity in almost a month, and it is said that he looks thinner than before.



The American 'NK News' reported that Secretary Kim's weight was lower than in the past based on the change in the length of the watch strap, but it is true that it gives the impression that he has lost more weight than before, even if it is not based on the watch strap.

In the screen below, the picture on the left is at the time of the 2nd plenary session of the 8th Labor Party in February of this year, and the picture on the right is at the time of the Politburo meeting on the 4th of this year.



Kim Jong-un seems to have lost weight after a long sleep

Kim Jong-un gave the impression that he had lost some weight after the second longest hiatus since taking power. After taking a commemorative photo with the participants of the military family art group performance on the 6th of last month, General Secretary Kim did not do public activities for 28 days until the Politburo meeting on the 4th. This is the second longest incubation after a 40-day incubation period due to ankle surgery in September ∽ October 2014. After disappearing for 40 days in 2014, General Secretary Kim appeared with a cane.



What was somewhat strange in North Korea during the 28-day hiatus was that there was very little reaction to the outcome of the Korea-US summit. North Korea has not always responded to the ROK-US summit, but as the US-North Korea policy review has been completed and the South Korean and US leaders met and expressed their stance on North Korea, there are likely to be positive or negative responses. After giving out only the reaction in his personal name, he was silent.



Because of this, various observations have been made about the long dormancy of nearly one month.

There were observations that North Korea was contemplating the outcome of the Korea-US summit, observations that it was deliberately ignoring the summit, and observations that North Korea's decision-making was delayed for whatever reason.

Observations about the health of Secretary-General Kim also began to be raised slowly, and a government official at the time said to SBS, "I know that there is nothing special about Secretary-General Kim."

According to Park Ji-won, director of the National Intelligence Service, recently attended the National Assembly Intelligence Committee and stated that "meaningful communication between the two Koreas was achieved before and after the Korea-US summit," it is possible that North Korea's long silence after the summit was related to inter-Korean communication.


Kim Jong-un's general secretary, nothing is wrong for now

I don't know what happened to General Secretary Kim during the 28-day hiatus, but the important thing is that for now, nothing seems wrong.

North Korea's Chosun Central TV released a video of the Politburo meeting on the 4th, the next day, on the 5th, but on the screen, General Secretary Kim does not look unnatural in his walking or behavior.




Looking at the appearance of General Secretary Kim smoking continuously at the Party Central Committee and the Provincial Party Responsible Officers' Meeting on the 7th, it seems that there is no serious health problem for General Secretary Kim.

Because if you have serious health problems, you probably won't continue smoking during the meeting.

There is also the view that people who are highly obese would have gotten healthier if they lost weight.