Kim Jong-un appears in public for first time since half-brother's death

A photograph released by the North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on 16 Feb 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visiting the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the 75th birth anniversary of late leader Kim Jong Il, known as the Day of the Shining Star, to pay tribute to him, in Pyongyang, North Korea. PHOTO: KCNA

PYONGYANG: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday appeared in public for the first time since the death of his estranged half-brother Kim Jong-nam in Malaysia earlier this week.

A photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), and obtained by Reuters on Thursday, pictured Kim Jong-un looking sombre as he visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang on the birth anniversary of the late Kim Jong-il, father to the current leader and his exiled brother who was killed in Malaysia on Monday.