SEOUL: North Korea's ruling party celebrated its 69th anniversary Friday with no early sign that "missing" leader Kim Jong-Un might finally resurface after more than a month out of the public eye.

Kim's unexplained absence has fed a cycle of rumour and wild speculation that only a country as reclusive and impenetrable as North Korea could sustain.

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