Chubby North Korean tyrant Kim Jong Un’s weight has ballooned to more than 300 pounds — and he pulls all-nighters in a “vicious cycle” of heavy boozing and smoking, according to spies from the South.
Seoul’s National Intelligence Service gave an update Wednesday from “intensely” monitoring the health of the secretive leader, who came to power after his father, Kim Jong Il, died in 2011 from a heart attack.
Despite reports in 2021 that he’d lost nearly 50 pounds on a health kick, Kim appears to have gained back all of it and more, the spies estimated, citing Artificial intelligence (AI) analysis of recent pics.
Un is now “estimated to weigh over 140 kilograms,” or 308 pounds, according to Yoo Sang-bum, a member of South Korea’s parliamentary intelligence committee at the briefing.
The missile-loving tyrant, thought to be about 5-foot-8 tall, also appears to be “engaging in excessive alcohol and tobacco consumption,” hoarding US imports like Marlboro cigarettes, the lawmaker said.
In fact, Yoo said, Kim appears to be falling into a “vicious cycle” of relying on boozing and smoking, fueling “significant sleep disorders.”
“He appeared tired with clear dark circles around his eyes during his public appearance on May 16,” the intelligence committee member said — claiming Kim is also hoarding “medications such as zolpidem, for the treatment of insomnia.”
Although North Korea’s tightly controlled state media rarely mentions the leader’s health, he was quoted in March as saying he always pulls all-nighters to work, staying up until at least 5 a.m., Yonhap has said.
Kim has also been seen with “scratches and bruises” around his arms, the lawmaker said, suggesting it was a result of “stress-induced dermatitis.”
The leader has faced ongoing speculation over his health, with extended absences from public early in the pandemic sparking fervent speculation that he was in a coma — or even dead.
His current expanding waistline and apparent hoarding of imports and luxuries comes as the Hermit Kingdom suffers an ever-worsening shortage of food and other necessities, The Korea Herald noted.
Deaths from hunger so far this year are three times higher than a year ago — and deaths by suicide up 40%, the outlet said.
With Post wires