North Korea Comments on Kim Jong Un's Death Rumors

The reports concerning the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are not true. This was announced by diplomat Alejandro Cao de Benos, as reported by Bloomberg.

Earlier, a message was received via Chinese social media Weibo from the deputy director of the Hong Kong television station HKSTV stating that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had died. The Japanese magazine Shukan Gendai reported that the North Korean leader is in a vegetative state following surgery.