Rumours are circulating claiming Kim Jong-un is dead - while other media reports claim he is in a vegetative state. A vice director of HKSTV Hong Kong Satellite Television said the North Korean leader was dead and cited a “very solid source,” according to the New York Post.
The claim appeared in a post on Chinese messaging app Weibo before being shared widely. Meanwhile a Japanese magazine is reporting he is in a vegetative state after undergoing heart surgery earlier this month.
Other reports said the operation went wrong. News site Monthly Chosun reported a source saying the North Korean leader was in a coma. "It is coma.