The federal government is looking into intelligence suggesting Kim is in “grave danger” following a surgery.
National security adviser Robert O’Brien confirmed Tuesday the Trump administration is “keeping a close eye” on reports regarding North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s health, and assured Americans that the nation’s intelligence community remains focused on external threats amid the coronavirus pandemic.
“We’re monitoring these reports very closely,” O’Brien told the hosts of “Fox & Friends,” adding that North Korea “is a very closed society. There’s not a free press there. They’re parsimonious with the information they provide about many things, including the health of Kim Jong Un.”
O’Brien’s remarks came after CNN reported early Tuesday that the U.S. is monitoring intelligence suggesting Kim is in “grave danger” following a surgery, though the severity of the concerns about his health “is hard to assess.”
South Korean officials, however, said there had been no abnormal activity in North Korea, according to the Associated Press, and South Korea’s presidential office said Kim appeared to be handling state affairs as usual.
The flurry of activity followed an anonymously sourced report in Daily NK, a website founded by North Korean defectors, claiming Kim “recently underwent heart surgery and continues to recuperate from the procedure at a villa outside of Pyongyang.”
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National security adviser Robert O'Brien confirmed today that the Trump administration is "keeping a close eye" on reports regarding North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's health https://t.co/QaRTKQswqo
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