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By Lee Jong-Heon, East-Asia-Intel.com
SEOUL — North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un’s powerful aunt has not been seen in public for nearly three months and is believed to be critically ill.
![Kim Kyong Hui leads Kim Jong Un, right, down an escalator in 2011. AP / KCNA](https://www.worldtribune.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/auntkim2-300x168.jpg)
If so, the development could significantly impact the young leaders’ underlying power base among family members, sources and analysts here say.
Kim Kyong-Hui has not been seen in public since May 12 when she attended a military concert in Pyongyang along with Kim Jong-Un and his wife Ri Sol-Ju, according to South Korea’s Unification Ministry.
The aunt has been a brisk presence at public activities in the entourage of her nephew.
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