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North Korean officials seek medicines for Kim's obesity-related health problems, Seoul says (apnews.com)

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has regained weight and appears to have obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure and diabetes, and his officials are looking for new medicines abroad to treat them, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers on Monday.

The 40-year-old Kim, known for heavy drinking and smoking, comes from a family with a history of heart problems. Both his father and grandfather, who ruled North Korea before his 2011 inheritance of power, died of heart issues.

Some observers said Kim, who is about 170 centimeters (5 feet, 8 inches) tall and previously weighed 140 kilograms (308 pounds), appeared to have lost a large amount of weight in 2021, likely from changing his diet. But recent state media footage show he has regained the weight.

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[-] Timii@biglemmowski.win 17 points 1 month ago

Starting to see why him and Trump got along so well.

[-] A_Filthy_Weeaboo@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

I hate both of them, but that clip when they met and Trump complimented his weight/figure had me laughing my fucking ass off!

Two shit stains jerking each other off

[-] friend_of_satan@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Back in like 2003 there was this hilarious livejournal of Kim Jong Il talking to other world leaders. God it was so funny, but it's been lost. I would so love to see something like that for Kim jong un and other current big political names.

Here's the journal with all its broken images :( https://users.livejournal.com/kim-jong-il--/

Edit: here's an example of what it was like. https://www.joeydevilla.com/2003/03/29/bet-you-didnt-know-kim-jong-il-had-a-livejournal/

[-] MCasq_qsaCJ_234@lemmy.zip 0 points 1 month ago

When you have poor health you give importance to your friendships, but if you don't have good people you will not continue to have poor health until you are already in a difficult situation.

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