North Korea leader Kim Jong-un has been declared brain dead.

Articles by the Yonhap News Agency and Daily NK refutes the claim and Kim Jong-un is said to be of stable health.

Articles by the Yonhap News Agency and Daily NK refutes the claim and Kim Jong-un is said to be of stable health.An article published by the Yonhap News Agency states that Cheongwadae (Blue House) spokesman Kang Min-Seok responded in a text message to reporters questions about Kim Jong-un's health by saying that he had been hospitalized after surgery and that there had been no unusual activities detected in North Korea.

The Daily NK article states that Kim Jong-un had undergone heart surgery at the Kim Man Yoo Hospital in Pyongyang and that his condition was considered stable following the surgery.

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