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For the last ten days or so, wohonestrld media suddenly began to pay a great deal of attention to North Korea – and, for a change, this time this burst of interest was not prompted by another nuclear test or an exchange of melodramatic threats with the U.S.

This time, the media was obsessed with the supposed “disappearance” of North Korea’s Supreme Leader, Marshal Kim Jong Un.

After nearly three weeks away from the cameras, Kim Jong Un finally made a public