North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is understood to be ‘extremely obese’ and at risk of heart disease after packing on weight, Seoul’s spy agency has said.
Kim’s heavy smoking and chronic obesity continue to raise international questions about who would succeed him as Supreme Leader of the nuclear-armed state if he were to die suddenly.
And now his ‘health condition is classified as extremely obese’ and he weighs more than 310lb, Seoul politician Youn Kun-young said, citing South Korea‘s National Intelligence Service (NIS).
While he is at ‘high risk of cardiovascular disease’, Kim has shown no difficulty with physical activity, including running up
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