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South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported to the parliamentary intelligence committee on October 23 that recent social media rumors claiming North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died are false, according to Yonhap and the Korea Times. The rumors, which spread on overseas social media, alleged Kim had been urgently transported to a hospital in Beijing due to a cerebral hemorrhage and had died. The NIS's assessment was delivered in a closed-door briefing to lawmakers from both ruling and opposition parties, as reported by Chosun Ilbo. Korean media outlets are relaying the agency's denial without additional commentary, and no independent confirmation of Kim's status has been provided.