Rumor about the death of the President of North Korea
Alejandro Cao de Peños, president of the Korean Friendship Association, denied news reports about the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
"These rumors of Kim Jong Un's death are false and malicious," said De Pinus, on his Twitter account.
Earlier, news appeared on the Chinese social networking site "Weibeno" about the death of the North Korean president and his owner said that he obtained this information from a "reliable" source.
Last week, US media also quoted an official, who was not named, as saying that the United States is investigating whether the Korean leader is in a critical condition after surgery.
Satellite images
In this context, satellite imagery, reviewed by a Washington-based North Korean research center, showed a train likely to belong to the North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un, at a resort within the country this week.
In its report, (38 North) Center stated that the train was stopped at the Winson command station on April 21 and 23, adding that the station is reserved for the Kim family.
"The presence of the train does not establish the whereabouts of the North Korean leader and does not indicate anything about his health, but it strengthens the reports that Kim is staying in an elite area on the country's east coast," the center added.
China had sent a team to North Korea that included health experts to advise on Kim's health, according to three people familiar with.
There was speculation about Kim's health after his absence from the ceremony marking the birthday of his grandfather, Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea on April 15.
The last time North Korea's official media spoke about Kim's whereabouts was when she reported on him as he chaired a meeting on April 11.
This comes against the backdrop of conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean leader, as media sources in South Korea reported that he was receiving treatment for cardiovascular disease this month.
But South Korean and Chinese officials later denied the authenticity of the reports, as questioned by US President Donald Trump.
A source in the South Korean intelligence service told "Reuters" that Kim is alive and may appear in public soon.
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