A prominent North Korean defector claims Kim Jong-un's health is so poor he "cannot stand up by himself or walk properly". It is the latest claim to emerge amid rampant speculation and wildly varying reports about Kim's health and the reason for his absence from public view.
Conflicting and unverified reports - citing a variety of sources - have claimed the dictator is dead, in a vegetative state or coma, recovering in a mountainside villa after heart surgery, hiding from coronavirus in a seaside compound or simply "alive and well".
Claims out of North Korea are almost impossible to verify due to the country's secrecy and isolation, and it's anyone's guess what is truth and what is fiction at this point.