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NKorea silence on Kim's health raises succession speculation

by Associated Press
| April 22, 2020 4:03 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — With North Korea saying nothing so far about outside media reports that leader Kim Jong Un may be unwell, there’s renewed worry about who’s next in line to run a nuclear-armed country that’s been ruled by the same family for seven decades.

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