In a new twist of events, the former aide to South Korean President Kim Dae-Jung has said that North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is in a coma and his sister Kim Yo-Jong has become the de facto second-in-command.
He added, in a social media post, that no North Korean leader would ever entrust their powers to another person until and unless there was a coup or that they were sick. The very fact that his sister has been given the powers is proof that Kim is bedridden and unable to rule.
Commenting about the recent photographs that were published of Kim by North Korea in the recent past, he claimed that those were fake and that they were attempts to quash the rumours over his health. “I assess him to be in a coma, but his life has not ended. A complete succession structure has not been formed, so Kim Yo-Jong is being brought to the fore as the vacuum cannot be maintained for a prolonged period,” Chang said.
Meanwhile, a recent release by the official news agency of North Korea has stated that the leader had recently reviewed the economic situation of the country and had acknowledged the challenges that were created by the pandemic. It also reported that Kim Jong Un had asked North Korean citizens to give up their dogs to save the country from food shortage