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  • with an unmistakable limp.

    A South Korean official said Friday that the government believes Mr. Kim is suffering from myriad medical conditions, including gout, diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.

    Gout, historically known as “the disease of kings” for its prevalence among those with a diet rich in meat, sugar and alcohol, is characterized by acute joint pains that last for hours at a time, most often in the toe. It is caused by high uric acid levels in the blood, and in addition to diet can be caused by genetics.

    The South Korean official said that gout is known to run in the Kim family, harking back to Mr. Kim’s grandfather Kim Il Sung, who died at age 82 in 1994 after nearly a half-century of dictatorship.

    The current leader’s father, Kim Jong Il, was shown in 2008 with a limp after suffering what was believed to be a stroke. He died three years later, aged 69.
http://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2014/09/26/does-kim-jong-un-have-gout/Does Kim Jong Un Have Gout?
 
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Kim Jong-un Is Missing, Might Have Gout
By Katie Zavadski Follow @katiezavadski
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21a very pleasant-looking summer vacation, North Korea's young ruler, Kim Jong-un, missed Thursday's performative parliamentary meeting, fueling speculation that he is battling some health issues.

After a three-week absence, state run North Korean media — is there any other kind? — acknowledged the situation, saying that the 31-year-old was suffering "discomfort." Dear Leader has also been seen limping around since July. Add to those symptoms his well-documented Swiss cheese addiction, and you may have an answer: gout.

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And this isn't just outlandish Daily Mailspeculation, either. The Wall Street Journal reports that South Korean officials think the plumped-up dictator suffers fromdiabetes, high blood pressure, and obesityon top of his gout problems, similar to the set of ailments that afflicted his grandfather. Not that North Korean doctors will know how to treat such a thing, of course — gout is notorious for affecting those with access to decadent food, which most starving North Koreans definitely do not have.

There's also the slight possibility that Kim has been absent because ofongoing power struggles within the military. But given the family predisposition, gout seems like a safer bet. And given North Korea's iron-clad secrecy, we'll probably never find out.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/09/kim-jong-un-is-missing-might-have-gout.html
 
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