Kim Jong Un Baby Bombshell: Did North Korean Leader's Wife Ri Sol-ju Secretly Give Birth Last Year? New Report In The Washington Beacon Says Yes

Kim Jong Un's wife secretly gave birth to the North Korean leader's baby last year, according to a report Monday by the Washington Beacon.

The publication claims Kim Jong Un's wife Ri Sol-ju, had the baby in late 2012, a claim backed by South Korean media outlets.

"North Korean authorities may have either induced Ri to go into labor at the end of last year or have her child through caesarean section in order to bear a child in 2012, which marks 100 years since founder Kim Il-sung's birth," one South Korean government source told the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo last month.

Michael Madden, the editor of the state-run online newsletter North Korea Leadership Watch, denied the Kim Jong Un baby rumor.

"If it was a boy, [the North Koreans] would have made an announcement," Madden said.

Beyond baby buzz, Kim Jong Un made headlines earlier this week when former NBA star Dennis Rodman, spoke out on his behalf on ABC's "This Week," following a recent trip to North Korea

According to Rodman, Kim Jong Un asked him to tell President Obama to give him a call.

"He said, 'If you can, Dennis [tell the president] I don't want to do war. I don't want to do war.'" Rodman said. "He said that to me. He loves basketball. And I said the same thing, I said, 'Obama loves basketball.' Let's start there," Rodman said.

Rodman told reporters on Thursday that the North Korean leader was "awesome," and that he loved the man. The former Michael Jordan teammate doubled down on his praise in his Sunday interview.

"I'm not apologizing for him," Rodman said. "You know, he's a good guy to me. Guess what? He's my friend. I don't condone what he does [but] person-to-person, he's my friend."

Rodman met Kim Jong Un at a basketball game on Thursday in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital, according to the Associated Press.

"You have a friend for life," Rodman told the North Korean supreme leader at the meeting, according to a delegation spokesman.