SEOUL: North Korea's Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, state media reported Saturday (May 2), following intense speculation that the leader of the nuclear-armed nation was seriously ill or possibly dead.
The North reported that Kim had attended the opening of a fertiliser factory and released pictures it said showed the leader cutting a ribbon at the ceremony on Friday in Sunchon, north of Pyongyang, although the appearance could not be verified.
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