April 26, 2024
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Kim Jong Un pictured without cane

Photos taken during rare Korean People's Army event in Pyongyang

North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun has published pictures showing Kim Jong Un walking without a cane during a Korean People’s Army (KPA) rally in Pyongyang on November 3 and 4.

Pictures of Kim since his reappearance, following 40 days out of the media spotlight, have shown the leader with a cane, feeding rumors of health problems. Recently, South Korea’s intelligence agency said that he had surgery to remove an ankle cyst.

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