TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan's National Security Bureau (NSB) director on Thursday (April 30) said that North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un is "sick" and that there are contingency plans in place in the event of a power vacuum in the hermit kingdom.
Given recent media reports that Kim was gravely ill or even deceased, Tsai asked Chiu about the North Korean leader's current health status. Chiu responded by simply saying he is "sick" (有病), according to the report.
When Tsai pressed Chiu further by asking "he's sick, but is he still alive?" Chiu laughed but did not respond to the question.
Kuomintang (KMT) legislator Lo Chih-cheng (羅致政) then asked Chiu if there were any contingency plans in the event there was a power vacuum in North Korea after Kim's death. Chiu responded that the NSB is at the ready.
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