Seoul Airing Fears Over Whiskey-Loving North Korean Leader’s Weight, Drinking, as Dictator’s Sister Launches Tirade Against America

The South Korean spy agency, in a closed-door briefing for legislators, says it is ‘closely watching the possibility that Kim, reported to be fond of whiskey and cognac, was ‘falling into a vicious circle of depending more on alcohol and nicotine and suffering worsening insomnia.’

Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, at Pyongyang in June 2022. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, file

As South Korea airs rising concerns over the North Korean leader’s health, drinking, and weight, Kim Jong-un’s younger sister is pouring out a stream of invective against America for what she calls its “hackneyed gibberish” denouncing the North’s failed attempt at launching a spy satellite.

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