SEOUL: Speculation about Kim Jong Un’s health intensified over the weekend after tantalising -- yet unverified -- reports about a visit by a Chinese medical team and movements of the North Korean leader’s armoured train.
China sent a team including doctors and senior diplomats to advise its neighbuor and longtime ally, Reuters reported on Saturday, citing three people familiar with the matter. Meanwhile, a train resembling one long used by North Korean rulers was parked last week near a coastal leadership compound in Wonsan, according to an analysis of satellite imagery released Sunday by the website 38 North. A prominent South Korea adviser also rejected the notion that Kim was ailing or dead.