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Kim Jong Un has gained 90 pounds since assuming power
July 1, 2016 - The North Korean leader is paranoid about his personal safety.

Kim Jong Un has gained a significant amount of weight since fully assuming power in 2012 and now weighs 287 pounds, according to Seoul's spy agency. The North Korean leader, now about 90 pounds heavier than he was four years ago, also suffers from insomnia and is constantly worried about his personal safety, said Lee Cheol-uoo, a South Korean ruling party lawmaker. Lee was reporting information given to him and other parliamentarians during a meeting with the National Intelligence Service, Yonhap reported. "When Kim first came to power in 2012 he weighed [198 pounds] but in 2014 he weighed [264 pounds] and most recently is believed to weigh about [286 pounds]," Lee said Friday.

Lee also said Kim feel "threats" from North Korea's People's Army. "[Kim Jong Un] checks on threats from the military, and suffers from distress due to the general threat to his personal safety," the South Korean parliamentarian said. Kim is also sensitive about his personal information making its way into North Korea.

According to Lee, the spy agency stated a recent Washington Post article about Kim's aunt and uncle, resettled in the United States in the late '90s, was the target of North Korean embassy censors. "Immediately after the report was published [Kim told] his ambassadors abroad such documents should be prevented from reaching North Korea at all costs," Lee said, because Kim fears the "fiction of the Mount Paektu bloodline would be exposed."

The article, published on May 27, included extensive interviews with Kim's maternal aunt, who is the sister of his mother, Ko Yong Hui. The aunt had described her nephew as "short-tempered" and lacking in tolerance. Seoul's spy agency also said Kim's other aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, is alive and recovering from alcoholism. Kim Kyong Hui is the sister of former leader Kim Jong Il and the wife of executed North Korean official Jang Sung Taek.

Kim Jong Un has gained 90 pounds since assuming power

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Study: China, North Korea cross-border activity declined after nuclear test
June 30, 2016 -- Fewer trucks, trains and boats are moving between China and North Korea since Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test, and the reduction in activity took place well ahead of the United Nations Security Council sanctions resolution, according to a recent analysis of satellite imagery.

According to the study from the Center for Strategic and International Studies' Beyond Parallel initiative on Korean unification, activity has decreased significantly between early 2015 and February 2016. Satellite images used in the study looked at key transportation areas in the Chinese border city of Dandong and the North Korean city of Sinuiju. The Dandong customs area showed a major decrease in activity after Pyongyang's January nuclear test. While several trucks were seen in January and March 2015, only six trucks were captured in the image taken in February.

New satellite images show China's border trade with North Korea is slowing to a trickle. Decrease in Trade After Nuclear Test - Beyond Parallel pic.twitter.com/rjegNPs3Jb
— CSIS (@CSIS) June 30, 2016

There are other signs transportation flows have dropped. A rail station on the North Korean side showed dozens of rail cars in 2015, but in 2016 any rail cars present appeared to have no engines – indicating the trains were being stored on the tracks, according to the report. The study supports recent statements from Chinese and other officials that indicate Beijing is moving in unprecedented ways to enforce both unilateral and U.N. sanctions against North Korea.

Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei had said this week China has "consistently and with integrity carried out its international obligations and has been implementing the resolutions." Beijing also submitted an implementation report to the U.N.'s North Korea sanctions committee in a more timely manner than in 2013. The most recent trade data from Seoul's Korea International Trade Association also shows that Chinese trade with Pyongyang declined year on year in May. China imported about $176 million of goods from North Korea last month, a decline of 12.6 percent from May 2015.

Study: China, North Korea cross-border activity declined after nuclear test

 

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Kim Jong Un is just misunderstood. .......