Kim Jong Un hasn't appeared in public for 35 days ahead of this week's massive parade in Pyongyang to mark the 75th anniversary of the North Korean military - The Telegraph ⁠

 The authoritarian leader skipped a Politburo meeting Sunday on the country's acute agricultural crisis, NK News reported, noting that it was only the third time he had ever done so. ⁠

Previous extended periods out of the public eye have fueled rumors of his declining health and speculation about his eventual successor.

South Korean journalists brought to the pedestal of possible candidates for the North Korean leadership a figure that is unexpected for the reputation of the DPRK and does not correspond to the ideas of the whole world about this country. They say that the 31-year-old sister of Kim Jong-un, Kim Ye-jong, has a great chance to take the “throne”. She holds the position of First Deputy Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee, but the media gave her the title of the second most influential person in the DPRK.

Kim Ye-jong may be behind Eun's cult of personality: she is believed to be his closest adviser and delegate on the most important matters, that is, she is overshadowed by an unprecedented level of trust in the leader. It is reported that the brother and sister are really extremely close, studied together in Switzerland, used to rely only on each other due to their exceptional position and isolation from the outside world. Kim Ye-jong often accompanied her brother on foreign trips and was the only member of the Kim family to visit South Korea for the first time since the war.