North Korean leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un visited a town in South Pyongyan Province earlier this week, the official Rodong Sinmun reported Wednesday, marking his first foray outside Pyongyang since he resurfaced in public.
Still requiring a cane to walk, the corpulent Kim visited the site for a retreat for scientists and checked on progress in construction, the daily said. He was accompanied by Hwang Pyong-so, a vice chairman of the powerful National Defense Commission and Workers Party Secretary Choe Ryong-hae.
A Unification Ministry official said the visit appears to be aimed at quelling any lingering suspicions over Kim's health. Suet Face Kim reappeared last week after about 40 days out of the public eye. |