Tears In North Korea Over Kim Jong Un

<p><em>Tears in Asia<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that everyone in North Korea is heartbroken over leader Kim Jong Un&&num;8217&semi;s apparent weight loss&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;This is the disclosure of an unidentified resident of Pyongyang quoted on the country&&num;8217&semi;s tightly controlled state media&comma; after watching recent video footage of Kim&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to reports&comma; citizens are unapologetically loyal to Kim Jong Un&comma; publicly shed tears over their worries on the disturbing weight loss of their leader&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The rare public comment on Kim&&num;8217&semi;s health come after foreign analysts noted in early June that the autocratic leader&comma; who is believed to be 37&comma; appeared to have lost a noticeable amount of weight&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Seeing respected general secretary &lpar;Kim Jong Un&rpar; looking emaciated breaks our people&&num;8217&semi;s heart so much&comma;&&num;8221&semi; the man said in an interview aired by state broadcaster KRT&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&&num;8220&semi;Everyone is saying that their tears welled up&comma;&&num;8221&semi; he said&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In the clip&comma; Pyongyang residents were seen watching a big screen on the street showing a concert attended by Kim and party officials after a plenary meeting of their Workers&&num;8217&semi; Party of Korea &lpar;WPK&rpar;&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The broadcast did not provide any details on what had led to the weight loss&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;When Kim reappeared in state media in June after not being seen in public for almost a month&comma; analysts at NK News&comma; a Seoul-based website that monitors North Korea&comma; noted that his watch appeared to be fastened more tightly than before around an apparently slimmer wrist&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Given Kim&&num;8217&semi;s tight grip on power in North Korea &&num;8211&semi; and the uncertainty over any plans for a successor &&num;8211&semi; international media&comma; spy agencies&comma; and specialists closely watch his health&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Early last year speculation about Kim’s health exploded after he missed the birth anniversary celebrations of state founder Kim Il Sung on April 15&comma; only to reappear in public in early May&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In 2014&comma; state media reported that Kim was suffering from &&num;8220&semi;discomfort&&num;8221&semi;&comma; after a prolonged period out of the public eye&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Born on January 8 1982&comma; Kim has been the Supreme Leader of North Korea since <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;guardian&period;ng&sol;">2011<&sol;a> and the leader of the Workers&&num;8217&semi; Party of Korea &lpar;WPK&rpar; since 2012&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;