Speculation about Kim Jong Un's health intensified, missed important meeting for the third time in a month: Report

 

North Korea plans to fire more than 70 ballistic missiles in 2022, including those with potentially nuclear-capable warheads, designed to strike targets in South Korea or reach the US mainland.

Fox News reported on Monday that the health of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un has come to the fore again after he reportedly disappeared from a mass parade to be held this week. According to another report by South Korean-based outlet NK News, it said Kim did not attend the Polibuto meeting on Sunday, the third time he has done so. The longest time North Korea's Supreme Leader was invisible was in 2014 when he was not seen by the public for 40 days.

Incidentally, North Korea's capital Pyongyang is expected to hold a mass parade this week but the leader has not been seen in public for a month. A mass parade is to be held in Pyongyang on Tuesday or Wednesday to mark the 75th founding anniversary of the Korean People's Army. Whether or not Kim will attend the parade remains to be seen. Kim could use the event to show off the latest hardware from his growing nuclear weapons and missile program that is of concern to the United States and its allies in Asia.

Fox News reported that Kim may use the parade to showcase the latest hardware from his growing nuclear weapons and missile program, which is also a growing concern for the US and its allies in Asia.

The warnings are in response to the United States' expanded military drills with South Korea, which allies have said is aimed at countering the North's growing threat. North Korea fired more than 70 ballistic missiles in 2022, including potentially nuclear-capable warheads. Designed to attack targets in South Korea or reach the US mainland.

Last week, North Korea threatened to counter US military moves with the "heaviest nuclear force" as it sought to expand its joint exercises with South Korea and deploy more advanced military assets such as bombers and aircraft carriers in the region. Condemned the American plans of