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In a one-man dictatorship like North Korea, the health of the supreme leader is considered an important variable in relation to the future of the system.

The National Intelligence Service said that Kim Jong-un lost about 20 kg of weight last year, but it seems that he has gained weight again recently.



This is Ahn Jung-shik, a reporter specializing in North Korea.



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] Kim Jong-un, who had gained weight since taking office, appeared to have lost weight in public activities that he resumed after a month in June last year.



It was to the extent that the people's clothes he usually wore looked a bit baggy.



According to the National Intelligence Service (NIS) in October last year, Kim Jong-un had lost about 20 kg in weight.



[Kim Byung-gi / Secretary of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee, along with the Democratic Party (October last year): It seems that he has lost about 20 kg from about 140 kg in 2019 to now…

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North Korea also glorified this as a devotion to the people.



[North Korean residents (June of last year): Our people were the most heartbroken when they saw the emaciated figure of our dear Comrade General...

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How has Kim Jong-un changed now, more than a year later?



He compared last year's June and this year's August.



You can see that his chin has become blunt and his cheeks are getting fatter overall.



A government official said that Kim Jong-un appears to have a yo-yo phenomenon, and that he appears to have returned to his former weight.



In order to maintain the lost weight, you need to maintain a diet and exercise regularly, but it does not seem easy.



For a more accurate analysis, we entrusted the analysis to an imaging expert.



The NIS has also announced that it is using this method.



[Kim Byung-gi/Secretary of the National Assembly Intelligence Committee (October of last year): (The National Intelligence Service is said to be the result of analyzing facial volume and weight tracking models, super-resolution images.]



Last June and August of this year I selected a face with the same angle in the center, adjusted the size of the face, and compared the area.



[Hwang Min-goo/Director of Forensic Image Analysis Lab: I took the outline and took the side with sideburns and the side with the head boundary as a standard, and then moved the one on the left to the right.]



There are errors depending on lighting and shooting angle .

However, the analysis results showed that the face area has slightly increased compared to a year ago.



[Hwang Min-koo / Director of Forensic Image Analysis Research Institute: When I analyzed the left (June of last year) and said 100, the right (August of this year) seems to have increased by about 3.2%…

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A more precise analysis is needed, but Kim Jong-un's diet seems to have hit its limit.



Although it is the government's judgment that there are no major health problems right now, such as Kim's long speeches, the government's judgment is that the health care diet did not achieve the desired results, and the uncertainty and uncertainty that the North Korean supreme leader's health problems may affect on the Korean Peninsula and In this regard, close observation has become important.



(Video coverage: Jeong Seong-hwa, video editing: Lee Seung-yeol, CG: Lim Chan-hyeok·Jeon Yu-geun)