North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un reportedly died from failed heart surgery

According to Chinese and Japanese media, North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has died or is on his deathbed with no hope of recovery.

It comes after the Chinese government sent a team of medical experts to North Korea to advise North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on his care after undergoing vital heart surgery during the Coronavirus outbreak.

According to TMZ, the deputy director of a Hong Kong-backed news channel, which is apparently the niece of a Chinese foreign minister, confirmed the shocking news of the death of Kim Jong-un.

He announced the news of a social media application called Weibo to his nearly 15 million followers, citing a “very solid source” about the claim that Kim had perished.

A Japanese magazine reports he’s in a “vegetative state” after a heart surgery gone wrong.

The outlet reports citing a Chinese medical expert privy to the situation that Kim had clutched his chest in early April and fell down while visiting the countryside there. He needed a stent procedure done, but apparently, it either wasn’t done rapidly enough, or it was botched completely by the surgeon. 

Fears about his health began after Daily NK, a Seoul-based website, reported earlier this week that Kim was staying at a countryside villa outside Pyongyang after the surgery and was conspicuously absent from events on 15 April commemorating the birth of his grandfather Kim Il-sung, the founder of the nation – one of North Korea’s most important holiday celebrations. 

Dozens of top Government officials attended a flamboyant military parade at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the 15th of April, but Kim was nowhere to be seen.

The publication reported that Kim had heart surgery on April 12. because of “excessive smoking, obesity, and overwork,” and is now receiving treatment in a villa in Hyangsan County following his procedure.

There were also reports suggesting that Kim was in grave danger after the surgery. But South Korean government officials challenged the reports saying they had detected no signs of unusual activity in North Korea.

On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump also downplayed earlier reports that Kim was gravely ill. ‘I think the report was incorrect,’ Trump told reporters, but he declined to say if he had been in touch with North Korean officials.