Kim 'running country from hospital'
Updated on 29 October 2008
North Korea's reclusive, authoritarian leader appears well on the path to recovery from a stroke and in firm command of the communist country, the chief of South Korea's spy agency said.
But Japan's prime minister says Kim Jong Il is likely to be issuing his orders from a hospital bed.
The 66-year-old Kim disappeared from public sight in August. South Korean and US officials said he suffered a stroke and underwent brain surgery, but North Korea has strenuously denied there is anything wrong with him.
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