Kim's back on deck, albeit walking with a cane. His reappearance yesterday brought to an end a 40-day absence from public view, during which speculation ran rampant about what might have caused it. In response to his reappearance, international media seem to have set aside half-wishful thoughts that he might have been overthrown and returned to a theme of all's-well-that-ends-well in Pyongyang. But it's worth unpacking the issue of the missing Kim just a little more. True, no regime change occurred. Still, the absence was so poorly handled by the North there might well be other issues in play here besides Kim Jong Un's health. Perhaps future absences beckon. In any event, Kim's health matters—it's tied up with both his authority in North Korea and the broader issue of the post-Kim North Korea.
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