Amman Today

publish date 2021-06-28 11:04:11

North Korean state television quoted a citizen as saying that the North Koreans broke down in tears at the sight of their leader, Kim Jong Un, who had greatly thinned his body.

Bloomberg News Agency commented, saying that what happened allowed the publication of rare comments about the health of the North Korean leader, and believed that this could also help provide support for him, at a time when he seeks to revive his country’s faltering economy.

“People felt very sad when they saw the stature of the respected comrade general had thinned,” a resident of the capital, Pyongyang, told Korea Central Television in comments broadcast on Friday. “Everyone says tears spontaneously flowed.”

Kim Jong-un, 37, appeared, after he was absent for most of May, and his body was significantly thinner. In a rare precedent, Kim warned on one of the occasions in which he appeared that “the food situation in the country is getting tense.”

This remarkable statement comes at the usual time of a decline in food stocks, and before the introduction of the bulk of this year’s crop.

Bloomberg commented that North Korea’s propaganda apparatus, by allowing commentary on Kim’s weight, took up an obvious theme to anyone watching the leader, and it bolstered a familiar myth-making theme for regime leaders, who are often portrayed as so people-centric that they take risks. their well-being.

An expert on North Korea affairs said in this regard: “It is difficult to determine why Kim lost weight, or what his health conditions are, but at the moment they are using the matter for propaganda purposes, specifically to highlight his hard work and sacrifices to improve the living standards of citizens.”

(Bloomberg)

#North #Koreans #grieved #collapsed #tears

World News

Source : ألدستور