Kim Jong-Un Death Rumor: North Korean Leader Killed in China?

Was Kim Jong-Un Assassinated in Beijing? Unlikely Death Rumor Spreads on Weibo

Twitter isn't the only place for death rumors. Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter, is alight with reports that newly-minted North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un was assassinated in Beijing.

The Kim Jong-Un assassination rumor has metastasized to Twitter: nobody wants to be the last to report the North Korean leader's death if the rumor turns out to be true (It most likely isn't).

• Weibo: Kim Jong-Un Death Rumors (Translation)
  

However, we have to take the Kim Jong-Un death report with a pinch of salt, as Weibo has as many unfounded death rumors as Twitter. The rumors can't even get Kim Jong-Un's cause of death straight.

We're also not convinced that "official sources" would report the death of a foreign leader on Chinese soil so quickly, considering how slow the Chinese government has been to acknowledge the source of the recent high-speed train crash, or the rash of suicides at Foxconn.