Kim Jong-un suddenly appeared in the hospital after many days of mysterious absence

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has made his first public appearance after 11 days of mysterious absence. He visited a newly built eye hospital in the capital Pyongyang.

North Korea's state news agency (KCNA) reported on October 18 that the country's leader visited the Ryugyong Eye Hospital in Munsu County. He commented that the hospital was "extraordinarily built" and praised the project's effectiveness.

"It seems like just yesterday when we selected this site for the hospital in January, and now the hospital has been completed in an extraordinary way," KCNA quoted Mr. Kim as saying.

The hospital's outpatient department facade is designed in the shape of a human eye, and the surrounding walls are printed with eye charts.

Mr Kim praised the “world-class hospital” for its energy-saving construction using solar panels, and for its rooftop and garden space for patients to relax. “I have fulfilled another wish, which is to do something for the people,” he said.

North Korean media did not specify the time of the visit, but they usually report it a day after the event takes place.

This is the first time Kim Jong-un has appeared in public in 11 days. He was mysteriously absent from events celebrating the founding of the ruling Workers' Party on October 10. His name was not even on the list of attendees at a conference on October 17.

According to Vietnamnet