North Korean leader Kim Jong un (C) plays with children during a visit to the Taesongsan General Hospital in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang May 19, 2014. Kim is suffering from “discomfort”, state media has said in the first official acknowledgement of ill health after a prolonged period out of the public eye. Kim, 31, who is frequently the centrepiece of the isolated country’s propaganda, has not been photographed by state media since appearing at a concert alongside his wife on September 3, fuelling speculation he is suffering from bad health. He had been seen walking with a limp since an event with key officials in July and in a pre-recorded documentary broadcast by state media on September 25, 2014 appeared to have difficulty walking. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA – Tags: POLITICS HEALTH TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)
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