[UPI] Kim PudgeJong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
may have left Pyongyang and could be sheltering in an undisclosed location on North Korea
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
's eastern coast, according to multiple press reports.
The North Korean leader's absence triggered wild speculation regarding the state of his health this week, following unconfirmed reports Kim was at death's door after receiving heart surgery.
Kim may have been evacuated to the coastal city of Wonsan, Kangwon Province, where he may have been providing field guidance at a resort construction site, South Korean news service Newsis reported Friday, citing Seoul's national intelligence sources.
"providing guidance" = Drinking Hennessy
According to Newsis, movement has been observed among "dedicated vehicles" for Kim that suggest he may have been evacuated from Pyongyang. A special train for Kim's use was stationed in Wonsan, but Kim's private plane remained in Pyongyang, the report says.
In an earlier stage of the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...pandemic in late February, Kim stayed in the Wonsan area while providing field guidance to the military. Kim may have returned to Wonsan after members of the Korean Workers' Party were quarantined for suspected infections, Newsis reports.
South Korean politicians are dismissing claims of illness, however. A Seoul politician with the national defense committee of parliament said Kim is likely "doing well" after leaving Pyongyang amid a suspected outbreak of COVID-19.