SEOUL, South Korea (AP) A top South Korean official said his country remains confident there have been no unusual developments in North Korea, suggesting that rumours about the possible ill health of leader Kim Jong Un are untrue.

Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul told a closed-door forum in Seoul on Sunday that South Korea has enough intelligence to confidently say that there are no unusual developments in rival North Korea that would back up speculation about Kim Jong Uns health, according to his ministry.

The minister said he would not reveal what specific intelligence led to that conclusion, but stressed that it had undergone a complex analysis.