Contrary to a CNN report claiming North
\nKorea\u2019s leader Kim Jong Un had his aunt Kim Kyong Hui poisoned, a Daily NK
\nsource in Pyongyang reported that she is alive and receiving treatment for a
\nnerve disorder in the North\u2019s capital, asserting that her overall health is on
\nthe path to recovery. <\/p>\n
\u201cKim Kyong Hui is going back and forth \u201c(Following the execution of Jang Song Claims from a defector CNN interviewed \u201cSeeing this strong bond, high-level Party Following the execution of her husband Jang As to reason why the aunt has yet to step \u201cHere in the North, people don\u2019t think of \u201cKim Kyong Hui herself has also probably A different source in North Pyongan Province also Contrary to a CNN report claiming North Korea\u2019s leader Kim Jong Un had his aunt Kim Kyong Hui poisoned, a Daily NK source in Pyongyang reported that she is alive and receiving treatment for a nerve disorder in the North\u2019s capital, asserting that her overall health is on the path to recovery. \u201cKim Kyong Hui […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":30699,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nbetween Sobaeksu Villa in Samjiyon, Yangkang Province and Pyongyang\u2019s Ponghwa
\nTreatment Center to receive treatment and recuperate; she is not dead,\u201d the
\nsource told Daily NK on Tuesday, adding that a high-level official in the
\nCentral Party confirmed that she is still very much alive. <\/span> <\/p>\n
\nThaek) her preexisting nerve disorder grew much worse, so she has received a
\ngreat deal of subsequent treatment. During this process, Kim Jong Un even personally asked
\nthe doctors to treat her well,\u201d the source said. \u201cKim has made personal visits
\nto the treatment center to check in with the medical staff to track her recovery.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nclaiming the aunt was poisoned by the leader are \u201coutrageous\u201d the source said,
\ngiven his excessive displays of affection for his aunt; so much so, in fact, the young leader’s love for this aunt has garnered attention from those around
\nhim.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\ncadres make frequent comments among themselves about how Kim Jong Un and Kim
\nKyong Hui still communicate well,\u201d she said. \u201cSome have speculated the aunt may
\nstill be wielding influence from behind the scenes, but this role would be
\nsignificantly diminished due to her prolonged treatment and the general
\ninstability of her health.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nSong Thaek, ordered by his nephew Kim Jong Un in December 2013, Kim Kyong Hui is said to have
\nbecome further dependent on alcohol and prone to nervous
\nbreakdowns. \u201cNot only that, I\u2019ve heard a lot of morphine has been used as part of her treatment, so a lot of times her state of mind is really abnormal,\u201d she said.
\nThis effect, according to the source, is at times so pronounced that Kim Kyong
\nHui appears \u201ctotally removed\u201d from reality.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\ninto the public eye, despite marked improvements in her health, the source cited
\nJang\u2019s death as the primary factor involved.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nyou individually; you\u2019re lumped in with your family. It\u2019s pretty much general
\nopinion among Party cadres that she shouldn\u2019t (be active) since her husband was
\ndeemed a traitor by the state,\u201d she explained. \u201cThey would be worried that by being active she would create confusion among the public.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\ndetermined that she would taint Kim Jong Un\u2019s reputation and damage his leadership.
\nThat\u2019s why she\u2019s not showing herself,\u201d she went on to assert.<\/span><\/p>\n
\nweighed in on the situation, verifying that Kim Kyong Hui is indeed alive; he also surmised that she may still find it
\nhard to personally meet with the man that ordered the execution of her husband,
\ntheir love and care for one another notwithstanding.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"