The Tokyo Shimbun raised suspicions that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who recently appeared in a thin appearance, may be a double.
The Tokyo Shimbun reported today that Kim Jong-un, who appeared at the event on the 9th, the anniversary of the establishment of the North Korean regime, had lost his cheeks and regained his skin tone, and that there are speculations about whether he was on a diet or a double.
The Tokyo Shimbun was heard at the expanded meeting of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in November last year as the basis for the possibility of a counterattack.
At that time, Chairman Kim's cheeks swelled up, making his face look big and his neck barely visible.
Chairman Kim was estimated to weigh 90 kg in August 2012, right after he became the supreme leader, but he rapidly gained weight within eight years.
The Tokyo Shimbun reported that, looking at the photos of Chairman Kim, he has been getting thinner since last year, but the South Korean National Intelligence Service said that it was estimated that Chairman Kim lost 10 to 12 kg.
At the same time, he cited Koh Young-cheol, a senior researcher at Takushoku University, who worked as a North Korean analyst at the South Korean Ministry of National Defense, to raise the possibility of a bandstand.
Researcher Ko estimated that Chairman Kim's side face and hair style, which appeared on the 9th, was different from the past and too young, and that he was one of the members of the bodyguard unit.
Researcher Koh said that Chairman Kim's failure to give a speech at the time supported the hype.
On the other hand, Professor Junji Hiraiwa of Nanzan University analyzed that Chairman Kim at the event on the 9th seemed to be right, and it felt like he had returned to his initial appearance as the supreme leader.
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