Is North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un dead after a botched surgery or in vegetative state?

Rumors about the North Korean leader’s health — and speculation over his possible death — have only increased over the past two weeks.

Depending on the news outlet or social media post, Mr. Kim, believed to be 36, is recuperating after a minor health issue like a sprained ankle, or he is “in grave danger” after a heart surgery. Or he has become “brain dead” or is in a “vegetative state” after a heart-valve surgery gone wrong at the hands of a nervous North Korean surgeon or one of the doctors China dispatched to treat him. Or Mr. Kim is grounded with Covid-19. Where did he get it? From one of those Chinese doctors.

Amid reports China has sent a medical team to their communist neighbors this week to check in/advise on Kim, a Hong Kong-backed news channel’s vice director — who’s apparently the niece of a Chinese foreign minister — blasted out the news herself … he’s dead. The woman put the report on a social media app called Weibo for her nearly 15 million followers to read, citing a “very solid source” about the claim Kim had, in fact, perished.
A Japanese magazine reports he’s in a “vegetative state” after a heart surgery gone wrong. The outlet reports — citing a Chinese medical expert privy to the situation — that Kim had clutched his chest in early April and fell down while visiting the countryside there.
He needed a stent procedure done, but apparently … it either wasn’t done rapidly enough, or it was botched completely by the surgeon — with some reports saying he had shaky hands.

Last week, it was reported Kim Jong-un was in a vegetative state. These reports seem to solidify the fact that the dictator’s rule has ended.
His sister, Kim Yo-jong, is believed to be preparing to replace him as Supreme Leader.