The blackout of information coming from North Korea to the rest of the world, which gives the regime its moniker the “hermit kingdom,” often makes it susceptible to rumor.
Late last month a former aide to South Korea's late president Kim Dae-jung told South Korean media that leader Kim Jong Un was “in a coma, but his life has not ended." Three days later the regime was sending contradictory signals to the rest of the world, which did nothing but accelerate the rumor mill.
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