By AFPMore by this AuthorNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un is "alive and well", a top security adviser to the South's President Moon Jae-in said, downplaying rumours over Kim's health following his absence from a key anniversary. His absence has unleashed a series of unconfirmed media reports over his condition, which officials in Seoul previously poured cold water on. Advertisement"We have nothing to confirm and no special movement has been detected inside North Korea as of now," the South's presidential office said in a statement last week. Daily NK, an online media outlet run mostly by North Korean defectors, has reported Kim was recovering after undergoing a cardiovascular procedure earlier this month. US President Donald Trump on Thursday rejected reports that Kim was ailing but declined to state when he was last in touch with him.

Source: Daily Nation April 27, 2020 00:45 UTC