While heavily censored North Korean newspapers have to keep quiet regarding the recent no-show of the country's leader Kim Jong-un, news outlets across the globe see the 31 year-old's disappearance with concern, as the Asian country's future seems under a shade of doubt.
While North Korean newspapers stay quiet, other outlets across the world such as the English-speaking South China Morning Post have reported in the past that the son of Kim Jong-il, who currently serves as the country's Supreme Leader, has been having ankle and knee problems due to being overweight.
It would be impossible to know what's going on in the country from South Korean newspapers, as the Asian nation is widely regarded as the most heavily censored place on Earth - little information is possessed at all about the country's everyday life, much less regarding Kim Jong-un's health, which is a topic kept under the strictest privacy in the country. However, though North Korean newspapers and other media have had to keep quiet, news have sprung from other sources, as the world watches with concern what happens to the nation once ruled by Kim Jong-il.
Last Friday, the Korean Workers' Party, which has been in power since its inception, celebrated it 69th anniversary, one of the country's most important dates - and, still, Kim Jong-un remained a no-show, sparking further rumors of his bad health.
In an odd move, the state-run Korean Central News Agency left Kim Jong-un's name off the list of politicians who paid their respects to the two most important figures of the Korean revolution: the grandfather and father of the current Supreme Leader, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.
According to The Washington Post, international media (although obviously not North Korean newspapers) has speculated that Kim Jong-un is currently suffering from a sort of "discomfort" that might come from maladies ranging from obesity to an overthrow.
