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In addition, the film aired<br \/>\njust last month on September 26th, by state-run Chosun Central TV, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/read.php?num=12348&amp;cataId=nk01700\"><font color=\"#0000ff\">featuring Kim Jong Eun with a pronounced limp<\/font><\/a>,&nbsp;fueled further speculation about<br \/>\nthe leader\u2019s health; as a result, an increased number of residents have stated<br \/>\nthat \u201cthe information about the General undergoing ankle surgery is most<br \/>\ncertain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cThe fact that neither <i>Rodong Sinmun<\/i> or broadcasts are<br \/>\nreporting on the General&#8217;s current condition has led many to assume that he has<br \/>\nindeed received surgery,\u201d she said. This was further bolstered by the fact that contrary to past years, <i>Rodong Sinmun<\/i> made no mention of the leader\u2019s \u201ccompassion\u201d during the 69th<br \/>\nanniversary of the Chosun Workers\u2019 Party on October 10th.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Moreover, the &nbsp;Kim Jong Eun era has seen a strong<br \/>\nemphasis on presenting the nation as a sports powerhouse. In any other case, he<br \/>\nwould have likely appeared publicly to welcome home the Asian Games<br \/>\nathletes home and praise their \u201cathletic exploits.\u201d However, his absence at events celebrating their victories supports the rumors surrounding his<br \/>\nalleged ankle surgery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cEven if the rumor is true, residents don\u2019t seem too deeply<br \/>\nconcerned about it. Since the fall harvest has begun, they are more worried<br \/>\nabout the size of the food rations that they will be receiving through the<br \/>\nPublic Distribution System,\u201d the source concluded.<\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amid speculation and theories among the international media about Kim Jong Eun\u2019s health concerns due to his 37-day absence from the public eye, sources within North Korea report that the most prevalent rumor within the nation to be that the leader has undergone surgery on his left ankle. \u201cLately the main talk among the residents [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":28635,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - 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