Makes you wonder who truly holds the power there. I imagine its the corps of generals, and they are happy to have a useful idiot as a puppet. But surely they don't all agree on things, and then what happens?
Nah, 38 North has no mention of this at all. It is by far the best online portal into NPRK affairs. https://www.38north.org
If they're were rumors it would be a headline.