Kim Jong-un Reappears Publicly With a Cane

SEOUL, South Korea — After vanishing from the public eye for nearly six weeks, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is back, ending rumors that he was gravely ill, deposed or worse.

Now, a new, albeit smaller, mystery has emerged: Why the cane?

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North Korean state-run Korean Central News Agency reported on Kim Jong-un's reappearance Monday, but there was no photographic evidence of that at the time

Now Kim, who was last seen publicly at a Sept. 3 concert, appeared in images released by state media Tuesday smiling broadly and supporting himself with a walking stick while touring the newly built Wisong Scientists Residential District and another new institute in Pyongyang. The North didn't say when the visit happened, nor did it address the leader's health. Read more...

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