Props to Fuji TV for tracking down Kim Jong-Il’s son in Paris for news about the North Korean leader’s health:

“He is believed to have met with a French brain surgeon, who later departed from Paris for Pyongyang under North Korean escort,” the network said.

Kim spent two hours in the hospital last week where he is believed to have visited its neurosurgery department, it added.

As he left the hospital, the man — stout, and clad in a dark pin-striped suit with a red tie — did not reply to questions about Kim Jong-Il’s health, only getting into his car with a slight smile and waving.

The network said a French brain surgeon then appeared at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport two days later and said in French he was going to Beijing, the usual connection point for Pyongyang

This latest report adds some fuel to the rumor that Kim Jong-Il had a stroke a few months ago.