NORTH KOREA, NO OFFICIAL WORD ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS, HIS
ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS, HIS HEALTH, AND THAT’S JUST FUELING
HEALTH, AND THAT’S JUST FUELING SPECULATION ABOUT HIS CONDITION.
SPECULATION ABOUT HIS CONDITION. IT’S BEEN A WEEK SINCE KIM
IT’S BEEN A WEEK SINCE KIM JONG-UN MISSED HIS GREAT
JONG-UN MISSED HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER’S COMMEMORATION.
GRANDFATHER’S COMMEMORATION. THIS MORNING HE REMAINS OUT OF
THIS MORNING HE REMAINS OUT OF SIGHT
SIGHT SIGHT.
SIGHT. SEVERAL U.S. OFFICIALS SAY
SEVERAL U.S. OFFICIALS SAY AMERICAN OFFICIALS KIM,
AMERICAN OFFICIALS KIM, OVERWEIGHT, OFTEN SEEN SMOKING,
OVERWEIGHT, OFTEN SEEN SMOKING, RECENTLY HAD CARDIOVASCULAR
RECENTLY HAD CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY WITH SOME INTELLIGENCE
SURGERY WITH SOME INTELLIGENCE SUGGESTING HE’S INCAPACITATED.
SUGGESTING HE’S INCAPACITATED. PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HAS MET
PRESIDENT TRUMP, WHO HAS MET REPEATEDLY WITH KIM, SPOKE OUT
REPEATEDLY WITH KIM, SPOKE OUT YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. >> THESE ARE REPORTS THAT CAME
>> THESE ARE REPORTS THAT CAME OUT.
OUT. WE DON’T KNOW.
WE DON’T KNOW. I WISH HIM WELL.
I WISH HIM WELL. >> SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS SAY
>> SOUTH KOREAN OFFICIALS SAY KIM IS AS ACTIVE AS EVER,
KIM IS AS ACTIVE AS EVER, WORKING.
WORKING. THEY SAY THERE’S NO INTELLIGENCE
THEY SAY THERE’S NO INTELLIGENCE ABOUT CLAIMS OF HIS FAILING
ABOUT CLAIMS OF HIS FAILING HEALTH.
HEALTH. MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT THERE ARE
MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT THERE ARE DEMANDING MORE INFORMATION AND
DEMANDING MORE INFORMATION AND SOUTH KOREAN MEDIA IS FULL OF
SOUTH KOREAN MEDIA IS FULL OF SPECULATION ABOUT WHO MIGHT TAKE
SPECULATION ABOUT WHO MIGHT TAKE OVER SINCE KIM HAS NO CLEAR
OVER SINCE KIM HAS NO CLEAR SUCCESSOR.
SUCCESSOR. OFTEN MENTIONED IS HIS YOUNGER
OFTEN MENTIONED IS HIS YOUNGER SISTER, THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN
SISTER, THE MOST POWERFUL WOMAN IN NORTH KOREA AND AN
IN NORTH KOREA AND AN INCREASINGLY VISIBLE ADVISER.
INCREASINGLY VISIBLE ADVISER. SHE MADE HER PUBLIC DEBUT
SHE MADE HER PUBLIC DEBUT REPRESENTING PYONGYANG AT THE
REPRESENTING PYONGYANG AT THE 2018 OLYMPICS BILLED AS A PEACE
2018 OLYMPICS BILLED AS A PEACE GAMES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH
GAMES BETWEEN NORTH AND SOUTH KOREA.
KOREA. IMPRESSING HER HOST WITH HER
IMPRESSING HER HOST WITH HER EASY GRACE AND CHARM, SHE’S ALSO
EASY GRACE AND CHARM, SHE’S ALSO UNDER U.S. SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE
UNDER U.S. SANCTIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE REGIME’S HUMAN RIGHTS
TO THE REGIME’S HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES.
ABUSES. KIM JONG-UN’S OLDER HALF BROTHER
KIM JONG-UN’S OLDER HALF BROTHER AND FORMER RIVAL IS NO LONGER A
AND FORMER RIVAL IS NO LONGER A CONTENDER.
CONTENDER. HE WAS ASSASSINATED IN 2017 AT
HE WAS ASSASSINATED IN 2017 AT MALAYSIA’S MAIN AIRPORT WHEN A
MALAYSIA’S MAIN AIRPORT WHEN A WOMAN SNEAKED UP BEHIND HIM AND
WOMAN SNEAKED UP BEHIND HIM AND SMEARED A CHEMICAL WEAPON IN HIS
SMEARED A CHEMICAL WEAPON IN HIS FACE.
FACE. BEFORE HIS DEATH SHORTLY
