North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) visits the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay tribute to founding President Kim Il Sung and former leader Kim Jong Il to mark the 61st anniversary of the victory of the Korean people in the Fatherland Liberation War, in this file photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang July 27, 2014. Kim is suffering from “discomfort”, state media has said in the first official acknowledgement of ill health after a prolonged period out of the public eye. Kim, 31, who is frequently the centrepiece of the isolated country’s propaganda, has not been photographed by state media since appearing at a concert alongside his wife on September 3, fuelling speculation he is suffering from bad health. He had been seen walking with a limp since an event with key officials in July and in a pre-recorded documentary broadcast by state media on September 25, 2014 appeared to have difficulty walking. REUTERS/KCNA (NORTH KOREA – Tags: POLITICS PROFILE TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY ANNIVERSARY)
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