After fake reports of his death or severe indisposition, Supreme Leader of North Korea suddenly emerged out of thin air to reappear on May 1 before the State media. Kim Jong-un attended a ceremony at a factory in the city of Sunchon, the North Korea’s state news agency said, later releasing photos from the event.
This reappearance after a prolonged period of absence has brought to end all rumours and speculations about possible ill health or death of Kim Jong-un. It has also brought to an end reports of a possible war for succession in North Korea between his 31-year old sister Kim Yo Jong and 65-year old uncle Kim Pyong-il.
Now, the latest reports about Kim Jong-un reveal that the Supreme Leader of North Korea had intentionally faked his death in order to trace ‘traitors’ within his inner circle, which could be the all-powerful Politburo and those who had high hopes of taking over the reins of North Korea from his “death”- probably the heirs apparent who were described as preparing for a Game of Thrones after rumours of Kim Jong-un’s death/ incapacitation surfaced.
Sky News Australia has reported that the Supreme Leader may have faked his death to find out if there were any leaks from within his inner circle in North Korea.
Kim Jong-un did not appear before the State media for three long weeks that led to wild rumours, with some North Korean defectors virtually writing Kim Jong-un’s obituaries, but photographs and videos of Kim Jong-un cutting a ribbon at the inauguration of a fertiliser plant have done all such rumours to dust.
Kim Jong-un had not appeared even at his grandfather Kim Il Sung’s birth anniversary on April 15- the most important annual national event in North Korea. The Supreme Leader seemingly convinced everyone, including those considered very close to him, that he was gone for good.
Sky Outsiders host James Morrow has now predicted that Kim Jong-un may have pulled a “classic Stalinist manoeuvre” to watch for the public reaction, and now he will use the responses from a long period of absence to begin “purging” those he believes had started colluding to take over from him in North Korea.
He will look down upon those who planned to succeed him as infidels, traitors and plan to take out such threats. Remember, the Supreme Leader of North Korea has had a history of getting rid of such ‘traitors’. On charges of treason, he had executed his uncle Jang Song-thaek in the most heinous way, feeding him to over 120 hungry dogs. Kim Jong-un also ordered the assassination of his half-brother Kim Jong Nam.
Now, Kim Jong-un’s reappearance has hurt the credibility of defectors who were rumouring about his death, and they have been apologising ever since his re-appearance, but the consequences within North Korea could be far severe. Kim Jong-un likes to keep the size of his family and the list of his confidantes short and manageable. The three-week-long fake disappearance could pave way for some more brutal assassinations and executions, as the Supreme Leader of the Secret Communist country plans to expose and take out ‘traitors’.