London, Dec 1 : A new set of photographs released by North Korea show its supreme leader, Kim Jong-il, appearing fit while touring a military unit, amid questions about his health.

The images, aired on state-run North Korean TV and distributed by South Korea’s Unification Ministry, show Kim smiling during a visit to an air force unit.

The North Korean leader is dressed in a winter parka, brown fur hat, thick gloves and his trademark sunglasses.

A previous picture of Kim is reported to have been doctored. This image shows his shadow to be different from those of the soldiers alongside, The Telegraph reported.

Seoul - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il visited two factories recently, state media reported Tuesday, after speculation by foreign media that the reclusive leader had suffered a stroke.

The 66-year-old leader visited a machinery plant and cosmetics factory in the western city of Sinuiju on the border with China, North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. No date was given for the visits.

KCNA also published two pictures which show a seemingly healthy Kim in a brown overcoat and sunglasses.

London, Nov 8 : Democratic People’s Republic of Korea is being governed by the brother-in-law of the country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong Il, after he suffered serious ill health three months ago, South Korean experts have concluded.

Kim had undergone brain surgery following a stroke and has been out of public view since then. Recently, the official Korean Central News Agency released pictures of the “Dear Leader” to end speculation over his ailing health

London, Nov. 7 : North Korean leader Kim jong Il’s recent spate of appearances is intended to remind the West, specifically America, that he is still in control of the nuclear-armed nation in spite of rumors that he had suffered a stroke in August.

“I think this is a message to the United States,” said Yang Moo-jin, a professor at Seoul’s University of North Korean Studies.

London, Nov 7: Three months after vanishing from public view, and after reports that North Korea’s supreme leader Kim Jong-il had undergone brain surgery following a stroke, a new picture of the “Dear Leader” has come under scrutiny over concerns it may have been doctored to end speculation over his ailing health.

In the picture Kim’s shadow appears to be different to that of the soldiers alongside him in one picture, but in another lineup his shadow appears to fit with the surrounding soldiers, The Telegraph reported.

Moscow, Nov 6 : Kim Jong Il, top leader of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), attended a concert of the country’s most prominent performing groups, the official daily paper Rodong Sinmun has said.

The state run KCNA news agency and the Rodong Shinmoon, newspaper of the Central Committee of the Korean Workers’ Party (KWP) reported on Thursday, without mentioning a date or venue of the concert.