Kim Jong-un mystery grows on reports of train, medical team

Kim Yo-yong, sister of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un, has been touted to be one of successors for the throne of the country. There has been so many theories on the current leader's health situation and he has not been seen in public for six weeks. - Reuters

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.