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'Not same person': Netizens feel Kim Jong-un used 'body double' after making first public appearance since death rumour

Human rights activist Jennifer Zeng first pointed out differences, tweeting: “Is the Kim Jong-un appearing on May 1 the real one?”

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As the rumour mill speculates about Supreme Leader of North Korea, Kim Jong Un's health-- who is either "dead" or "critically ill", the Korean Central News Agency reported that the North Korean leader on Friday cut a ribbon to inaugurate a fertiliser factory.

However, wild theorists are claiming that Kim Jong Un has a body double after he made his first public appearance. The pictures have been seized upon by internet sleuths who claim that the man pictured is a political decoy and not Kim at all, said a Mail Online report.

According to the report, the ears and teeth of Kim have been the focus, many comparing very dated images of a younger Kim, to last week's recent pictures of the North Korean leader. 

Human rights activist Jennifer Zeng first pointed out differences, tweeting: “Is the Kim Jong-un appearing on May 1 the real one?”

Commenting on her post, one Twitter user said: “Look at the teeth though.”

According to IB Times, it is a "well-known fact" that Kim Jong-un uses body doubles and travels with them to ward off assassination attempts.

Here's how netizens reacted...

World media has been rife with reports suggesting the North Korean leader's ill health after undergoing a cardiovascular procedure at a hospital on April 12.

CNN had reported that Kim was in "grave danger", citing unnamed US officials who reportedly told the publication that "the concerns about Kim's health are credible but the severity is hard to assess."

However, soon after this, the South Korean government's Unification Ministry and National Intelligence Service said that it was looking into US media reports and later stated that the Supreme Leader in the North was not "gravely ill".

Speculation has been rife about what happened to Kim since he apparently skipped an annual visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on the occasion of the 108th birthday of his late grandfather and state founder Kim Il-sung on April 15.

However, today a South Korean spy agency denied rumours about North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's illness, and his alleged heart surgery, stating that he is ruling the republic and is completely stable.

The NIS stated that he had no health problems related to his heart, adding that even a mild procedure for the aforementioned ailment would require four to five weeks of rehabilitation.

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