Kim Jong Un made his first public appearance in 40 days, the state media reported on October 14th, 2014.
    Kim Jong Un's appearance ended an absence that drove a frenzy of global speculation that something was amiss with the country's most powerful person.
    A photo released by the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of North Korea's ruling Workers Party, on 14 October 2014, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) speaking during his visit to the Wisong Scientists Residential District in Pyongyang, North Korea, October 13th, 2014.
    A photo released by the Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of North Korea's ruling Workers Party, on October 14th, 2014, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (C) walking with a cane during his visit to the Wisong Scientists Residential District in Pyongyang, North Korea, October 13th, 2014.
                   

The return of Kim Jong-un

Speculations about the reasons for the North Korean leader's absence are put to rest as he makes an appearance at the Wisong Scientists Residential District in Pyongyang, North Korea, on October 13th, 2014