The phrase "public absence" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use it to refer to a situation where someone usually known to be active in the public sphere becomes noticeably absent from their usual activities. For example: "The mayor's sudden public absence from city meetings raised suspicions of misconduct."
Kim's three-week public absence comes months after he was shown limping, and wearing loose clothes, during inspections of military units and factories.
South Korea's spy agency claims it has solved the mystery of the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's six-week public absence.
But while the mood has calmed here since President Mubarak appeared on television and in photographs, his illness and public absence underscored the extent of confusion over the future of the largest Arab nation, and one of Washington's most important allies in the Middle East.
Yang Mian, a professor of international relations at the Communication University of China in Beijing, tells the newspaper that it is too early to conclude that Mr Chang's public absence is due to differences with his nephew.
But multiple outlets reported that Kim underwent ankle surgery in late September, and several reliable sources suggested to VICE News that the purpose of the prolonged public absence was to avoid showing the dictator in a wheelchair in public.
However, there clearly are certain jobs where we have to pay people to do a task, and then pay them again to do it properly.Bob Walder LondonScientific newsSIR – Your article on the suppression of "unfavourable information" about drug trials implied that academic journals have some sort of duty to publish negative results for the public good ("Absence of evidence", November 29th).
However, incidence and mortality rates are decreasing in developed countries because of early detection and improved treatment., In contrast, in the developing world, lack of public awareness, absence of organized screening programmes and lack of accessible and effective treatment for BC are cited as reasons for delays in treatment and higher mortality rates.
This is costly for the sectors – with the median annual cost of public-sector absence being £899 per employee, which is nearly £300 more than other sector.
In the Norwegian public sector sickness absence is fully reimbursed from the first day of absence, with a maximum duration of one year.
It is this requirement of public interest and absence of malice that are crucial.
This is subject to the same conditions of fairness, accuracy, public interest and absence of malice.
