Why North Korean leader Kim Jong Un went missing

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South Korea: Kim Jong Un had ankle surgery to remove cyst
By KJ Kwon and Steven Almasy, CNN

(CNN) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, who recently disappeared from public view for about six weeks, had a cyst removed from his left ankle, a lawmaker told CNN.

South Korea's National Intelligence Service told lawmakers during a closed-door meeting that a cyst was found on Kim's left ankle between May and June earlier this year. That cyst may have caused muscle nerve damage and prompted him to have ankle surgery between September and October, lawmaker Lee Cheol-woo said.

At the briefing, lawmakers were told that "European experts" handled the surgery for tarsal tunnel syndrome. The syndrome is caused by compression at the ankle -- known to cause pain during standing and walking.

Kim is believed to be recovering, South Korean lawmakers were told, but the cyst could recur due to his obesity and heavy schedule.

Full story: http://www.cnn.com/2014/10/28/world/asia/kim-jong-un-cyst/index.html


-- CNN 2014-10-29

[ukrules]

I don't believe a word of this. Pure PR.

Edited October 29, 2014 by ukrules

[samran]

'Heavy schedule'. That's a new way to say 'lard- arse'

[Costas2008]

Pitty the cyst was not in his brain.

[Calach]

Nothing will demoralize the last popular regime on earth that still resists the global dictatorship of imperialism with its proud and prosperous people and invicible army.

[ABCer]

Even a relatively simple OP of cyst removal not entrusted to N.K. specialists?

This is an admission of supremacy of N.K. system...

[Jingthing]

Nothing will demoralize the last popular regime on earth that still resists the global dictatorship of imperialism with its proud and prosperous people and invicible army.

Good sarcasm!

[JacChang]

Does the cyst taste like cheese?

[klauskunkel]

May he have many more.

[fatfather]

Even a relatively simple OP of cyst removal not entrusted to N.K. specialists?This is an admission of supremacy of N.K. system...

If you're a N. K. specialist you as well would have insisted to get the surgery done abroad, much safer for your own head...

Fatfather

[mrfill]

Pitty the cyst was not in his brain.

But they said it was on his foot, so it *was* in his brain

[vogie]

How could the doctors distinguish between the cyst and him? Hope they threw the right bit away i.e him.

[lvr181]

Pitty the cyst was not in his brain.

Impossible!

His brain is the cyst

[lvr181]

Nothing will demoralize the last popular regime on earth that still resists the global dictatorship of imperialism with its proud and prosperous people and invicible army.

Good sarcasm!

Always makes me wonder how all the army officers have so many medals? The Korean war was more than seventy years ago! Maybe the medals are like toilet paper - help yourself

[neverdie]

Who cares about him. Death to him & all who ride upon him.

[Japhrodisiac]

There is a regime change in the air, might take a few more years but it is well underway. NK is going to open up shortly to the world and it's going to be shocking, mostly to themselves

[MJP]

Yeonmi Park on her escape from brutal North Korea

A young girl who escaped North Korea has spoken to the BBC about the violence and starvation she experienced when she lived there.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-29809557

A remarkable young woman.

[mikiea]

well we may never know for a while if was a cyst or his sister forming a power base behind the scenes.every one understands they are not safe with him in charge. he has already shredded many top peeps in the army :-)