North Korea releases Kim photos after unverified death rumor; succession risk persists

North Korean state media published photos of Kim Jong-un hours after an unsubstantiated claim by a US-based dissident that Kim was in a Beijing hospital in a coma and had died. The photos are a standard counter-rumor move, but the episode underscores persistent opacity around Kim's health and the unresolved succession question, which remains a key geopolitical risk.

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