North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is alive.

News published by the Korean Central News Agency confirms that the North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un is still alive.

News published by the Korean Central News Agency confirms that the North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un is still alive.After missing key events in April 2020, many news organizations speculated about his disappearance. The North Korean state news agency reported that Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony marking the completion of Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory on May 1, 2020, at Sunchon, putting an end to such speculations. Images released by state media show him cutting a ribbon to mark the occasion. On June 25, 2020, Kim Jong Un sent a birthday spread to Ri Kyong Gu, a pro-reunification patriotic fighter, on his 90th birthday.

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