{"id":11162,"date":"2020-04-28T10:51:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T10:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11162"},"modified":"2020-04-28T10:51:19","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T10:51:19","slug":"i-cant-tell-you-trump-adds-to-kim-jong-un-confusion-amid-speculation-over-north-korea-leaders-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=11162","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I can\u2019t tell you\u2019: Trump adds to Kim Jong-un confusion amid speculation over North Korea leader\u2019s health"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2019\/12\/20\/12\/kim-jong-un-5.jpg?width=1000&amp;height=614&amp;fit=bounds&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;crop=16:9,offset-y0.5\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Donal Trump added to the confusion about the health of North Korean leader\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Kim%20Jong-Un\">Kim Jong-un<\/a>\u00a0by claiming he has a \u201cvery good idea\u201d about the dictator\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Kim\u2019s whereabouts and health status&nbsp;have been a subject of intense speculation after Seoul-based website Daily NK reported last week he was recovering after undergoing a cardiovascular procedure on 12 April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t tell you exactly,\u201d the US president said when asked about Kim\u2019s condition at a White House news conference on Monday. \u201cYes, I do have a very good idea, but I can\u2019t talk about it now. I just wish him well.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Suggesting the mystery would soon be cleared up, Mr Trump added: \u201cI hope he\u2019s fine. I do know how he\u2019s doing relatively speaking. We will see \u2013 you\u2019ll probably be hearing in the not too distant future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet the president appeared to contradict himself only moments later when he said \u201cnobody knows where he is\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2019\/12\/20\/12\/kim-jong-un-5.jpg?width=1000&amp;height=614&amp;fit=bounds&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp&amp;quality=70&amp;crop=16:9,offset-y0.5\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It comes as the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/NorthKorea\">North Korea<\/a>&nbsp;authorities publishing a letter purportedly from Mr Kim to South African president Cyril Ramaphosa&nbsp;\u2013 dated 27 April \u2013 as \u201cproof\u201d that he is alive and well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe src=\"about:blank\" height=\"485\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>State media have previously reported that he sent greetings to Syrian president Bashar Assad and Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Not seen in public since 11 April, the leader\u2019s absence from public ceremonies on the birth anniversary of his grandfather Kim Il Sung on 15 April was unprecedented \u2013 leading to days of speculation over his health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>South Korean officials have cautioned against reports that Kim may be ill and emphasised they have detected no unusual movements in North Korea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.independent.co.uk\/s3fs-public\/thumbnails\/image\/2020\/04\/28\/09\/trump-press-conference-0.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"trump-press-conference-0.jpg\"\/><figcaption>Donald Trump speaking at a news conference on 27 April, 2020 (AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/SouthKorea\">South Korea<\/a>\u2019s minister for North Korean affairs said on Tuesday that Mr Kim may have missed the key holiday because of concerns over the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/coronavirus\">coronavirus<\/a>, not because he is ill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<h1><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>No hype, just the advice and analysis you needContinue<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is true that he had never missed the anniversary for Kim Il Sung\u2019s birthday since he took power, but many anniversary events including celebrations and a banquet had been cancelled because of coronavirus concerns,\u201d Kim Yeon-chul said at a parliamentary hearing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said there were at least two instances since mid-January where Kim Jong Un was out of sight for nearly 20 days. \u201cI don\u2019t think that\u2019s particularly unusual given the current [coronavirus] situation.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Watch more<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A special train possibly belonging to Mr Kim was spotted last week at the North Korean resort town of Wonsan, according to satellite images reviewed by 38 North, a Washington-based North Korea monitoring project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite Mr Trump\u2019s claim to have a \u201cvery good idea\u201d about his condition, experts said nobody outside North Korea&nbsp;knew exactly what was happening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cheon Seong Whun, a presidential secretary during the South Korea\u2019s previous conservative government, said Seoul had struggled for several decades to get a strong grip on the location and health of North Korea\u2019s top leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnybody who says they know something for certain is just writing a novel,\u201d Mr Cheon said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donal Trump added to the confusion about the health of North Korean leader\u00a0Kim Jong-un\u00a0by claiming he has a \u201cvery good idea\u201d about the dictator\u2019s condition. 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