North Korea’s Kim Jong-un’s absence fuels speculation about health, coup

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Fox News:

North Korea's mysterious leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for 34 days, sparking a wide range of speculation -- including that the head of one of the world's most secretive countries is ailing or has been removed in a secret coup.

 

Kim, who was last seen in public attending a concert on Sept. 3., had been seen earlier walking with a limp.

 

Maybe it's gout, unidentified sources tell South Korean reporters, or diabetes, or high blood pressure. A thinly sourced British report says the Swiss-educated dictator has been laid low by a massive cheese addiction. A headline in Seoul offers up the possibility of a common South Korean obsession: fried chicken and beer.

 

As North Korea's ruling party prepares to mark its 69th anniversary Friday, the world will be watching to see if Kim will attend. His absence would not in itself be all that important or unusual — such anniversaries are generally given more weight when they are landmark years, though he attended the celebrations in the last two years.

 

Even so, because the young leader has not been shown in the North Korean media for the past month, his attendance at the event has taken on more meaning.

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Where's Mini-Me?