The head of the Korean Friendship Association, a group that says it receives official information from North Korea, called news reports that Kim Jong Un is gravely ill untrue.

Alejandro Cao de ­Benos said “information about the serious state of health of our Marshal Kim Jong Un is false and malicious,” according to a post on Twitter. Cao did not say where he got the information and declined further comment when contacted by Bloomberg...

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