Image: Rodong Sinmun, Kim Jong Un attends Kim Yang Kon's funeral
A false report of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s death, originally spread by a satirical website on Thursday, temporary shook South Korea Friday morning.The rumor impacted South Korea to the point where one of the stocks related to the defense industry skyrocketed by more than 9 percent, and the Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar temporarily.“Kim Jong Un, the chairman of the Worker’s Party of Korea and supreme leader of the DPRK, was killed in an explosion in Pyongyang which was believed to have been carried out by a female suicide bomber,” wrote the
A false report of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s death, originally spread by a satirical website on Thursday, temporary shook South Korea Friday morning.
The rumor impacted South Korea to the point where one of the stocks related to the defense industry skyrocketed by more than 9 percent, and the Korean won fell against the U.S. dollar temporarily.
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JH Ahn
JH Ahn was an NK News contributor based in Seoul. He previously worked as an interpreter for United States Forces Korea.
