North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un declared "victory" over the coronavirus on Thursday, even as his sister announced the North Korean leader suffered from a "high fever" amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Kim blamed the outbreak on South Korea and vowed to retaliate against their neighbor. His sister, Kim Yo Jong, did not outright confirm that her brother had the virus, but said he was "seriously ill" and had a "high fever." "Even though he was seriously ill with a high fever, he could not lie down for a moment thinking about the people he had to take care of until the end in the face of the anti-epidemic war," she said on North Korean television.