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SEOUL, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- South Korea's intelligence agency regularly checks North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's health condition, using a computer program for 3D analysis of human bodies. The agency analyzes changes in Kim's body shape, using the program that scans his body in videos in which he appears, an anonymous intelligence official told South Korean Yonhap News.
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The officials said that the National Intelligence Service ran the program at a parliamentary audit on Wednesday.
The program compares changes in Kim's body shape and detects possible health problems. For example, when he walks with his hands behind his back, the program can identify several possible health issues, including back pain, according to the report.
The NIS told lawmakers that Kim has "a family history of high blood pressure and diabetes" but his health is in "good condition."
The agency has been using the video analysis program for years, but use of new technology has improved its performance.
The agency also had soil collected from North Korea's nuclear test site in Punggyeri, right after its explosion, for analysis. The North said it dismantled the Punggyeri nuclear test site in May, the first step for denuclearization of its nuclear weapons. However, the dismantlement ceremony was only watched by invited international journalists, raising an issue of verification.
The NIS has collected radioactive materials from the East Sea where it detected artificial earthquakes in the North, triggered by nuclear weapons tests.
