'SOMETHING'S WRONG'
Kim Jong-un ISN’T just hiding from coronavirus & the White House is covering it up, retired US four star general claims
KIM Jong-un isn't just hiding from the coronavirus and the White House knows more about his condition than it has admitted, a retired four star general has claimed.
Jack Keane, who previously served as Vice Chief of Staff of the US Army, said he thought the North Korean leader was still alive, but that figures within the regime were trying to conceal something "fundamentally wrong" with him.
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Speculation since he disappeared from public view over two weeks ago and reports emerged about his ill health.
Speaking to Fox Business, Keane said: "The US administration knows more than they want to talk to us about.
"It is likely [Kim] is alive because Trump is wishing him well, and Pompeo is saying they are monitoring his whereabouts. They wouldn't say that if he was dead.
"It is likely there is something fundamentally wrong. I doubt he is just trying to hide from the because he could still be seen doing that.
"In North Korea, they are paranoid about showing any piece of weakness - not just to the world, but even their own population.
"Even having an illness is a weakness to them. Any visible sign that things are not right, they will try to protect."
Speaking on Monday, President Donald Trump claimed to have a "very good idea" about Kim's current health, but added: "I can't talk about it."
Questions first arose about Kim's health on April 15 after he failed to attend The Day of the Sun, an important celebration to mark the birthday of Kim Il-Sung, his grandfather and the founder of the country.
He was last seen four days prior to the event at a meeting with government officials.
Reports from South Korea suggested that Kim - who is overweight and has a history of diet-related illness - underwent heart surgery on April 12 after collapsing while on a walk, and that he was seriously ill.
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A Japanese newspaper said he was in a vegetative state, while one broadcast journalist in Hong Kong claimed to have been told by a "very solid source" that he had died.
South Korean government officials have consistently said their intelligence services had picked up "nothing to confirm" reports of his ill health, and earlier this week insisted he was "alive and well".
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