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Kim Jong Un reappears in public with cane

音声ダウンロード

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, smiling broadly and using a cane, appeared Oct. 14 in state media for the first time in nearly six weeks, ending an absence that fed global speculation that something was amiss with the country’s most powerful person.

His reappearance after an absence of 40 days allowed the country’s massive propaganda apparatus to continue doing what it does best ― glorifying the third generation of Kim family rule.

Before the Oct. 14 dispatch, Kim had last been seen publicly at a Sept. 3 concert. (AP)

北朝鮮、40日ぶりに金正恩第１書記の動静報道

北朝鮮国営メディアは10月14日、金正恩第１書記が集合住宅を視察する様子を報じた。同氏が最後に公の場に姿を見せてから約６週間ぶりのことだ。

The Japan Times ST: October 24, 2014