False: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is dead.

By: Sunil Kumar
May 13 2020

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False: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is dead.

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The Verdict False

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

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News published by the Korean Central News Agency confirms that the North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un is still alive.After missing from important occasions over the past few weeks, the North Korean state news agency reported that Kim Jong Un attended a ceremony marking the completion of Sunchon Phosphatic Fertilizer Factory on 1 May 2020 at Sunchon. Images released by state media show him cutting a ribbon to mark the occasion.

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