SEOUL: North Korean state media has confirmed that leader Kim Jong-Un is suffering "discomfort" in its first comment on health issues believed to be behind his three week absence from public view.

In an hour-long documentary entitled "Days of guidance for the people" that was aired Thursday, state television showed a limping Kim visiting a factory outside Pyongyang, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Friday.

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