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By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com

SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un is being treated at Pyongyang’s royal clinic for his brain- and blood vessels-related disease which affects his hands and legs, a source here said.

Kim Yo-Jong, the leader’s younger sister who serves as his personal secretary, convened an urgent meeting of senior leaders on Sept. 6 in which they advised the ailing leader to get medical treatment and discussed day-to-day measures to run the country during his absence, the source with inside knowledge of North Korea said.

Kim Jong-Un who attended the meeting of the Workers’ Party Politburo accepted the senior leaders’ “earnest appeal” to have treatment, the source said.

Kim has been at Ponghwa Clinic in Pyongyang, which is reserved for the royal family.

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