SKorea dismisses rumours about NKorea leader's death
0 Comments | AFP, May, 2008
SEOUL (AFP) — South Korea's government on Thursday dismissed rumours of the death of North Korea's reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il as baseless after they swirled through stock markets.
"Recent rumours (about Kim's death) are groundless," Unification Ministry spokesman Kim Ho-Nyoun told reporters.
The rumours emerged briefly on South Korea's financial markets and in Tokyo but were short-lived, market watchers said.
The North's official Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday that Kim was touring a textile factory in the northeastern port city of Hamhung.
Rumours about Kim's death have circulated this week despite reports by the North's state media that he visited army units Monday and Wednesday.
NewsHakuk.com, a local Internet news service,...
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