Is Kim Jong-un dead?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I’m guessing he’s seriously (Kim Jong) ill but not dead. There would significant movement around the country that would be picked up by our satellites. If he does die, I expect the upper leadership will rally around his sister, but her position would be in the party while a top general serves as head of state and a party loyalist as PM.

Basically some form of troika emerges.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

He’s probably ill and in recovery from his medical ailments needing to be resolved by his recent surgical procedure. He’ll make an appearance in a few weeks at latest and laugh on TV like it was all a joke.

That, or he’s too sickly to continue leading the country, in which case it goes to whoever is next in line to be party chairman.

Nobody, no matter how sick, would voluntarily give up that kinda power. But I agree that if there isn’t a death announcement by the end of this week he probably will be fine. He’s resurfaced on TV before.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

No, I think he just went to a remote compound to avoid the virus.

One suggestion is that he actually has the virus, and thus has to be hidden away (not least because the DPRK continues to officially claim zero cases)

Actually that makes a lot of sense. Fair point.