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State TV: NKoreans heartbroken over Kim's 'emaciated looks'

by Hyung-Jin Kim
| June 30, 2021 12:09 AM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Heartbroken North Koreans have been worrying tearfully about leader Kim Jong Un's “emaciated looks,” state media quoted a local resident as saying, in a rare acknowledgement of foreign speculation about his weight loss.

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