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Jan 26, 2020 · Kim Kyong-hui is the daughter of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il. She had not been seen since her husband, Chang Song-thaek, was executed by...
Jan 26, 2020 · Kim Kyong-hui is the daughter of North Korea's founder, Kim Il-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il. She had not been seen since her husband, Chang Song-thaek, was executed by her...
- The Favoured Bloodline of The Revolutionary Family
- A Once Powerful Lady
- The Other Kims
The supreme leader
Kim Jong-un, 33.The current supreme leader’s uncanny likeness to his grandfather dazzled the North Korean old guard elites. It is not, as some have alleged, the result of plastic surgery. Having some of his father’s personality traits, particularly a hair-trigger temper and Manichean worldview, Jong-un established himself early as “a darling heart boy” of North Korea‘s senior general who supervised his education and grooming. Unlike his brooding more introverted father, Jong-un also inherited...
The favourite daughters
Kim Sul-song, 42.Of Jong-il’s five common-law wives, only one was recognised as legitimate by his father. Kim Yong-suk was considered the “official” wife, and was the result of matchmaking by Il-sung. The couple had two daughters, one of whom was Kim Sul-song – the favourite and most favoured of the late leader’s seven children. A polyglot and intellectual, Sul-song worked closely with her father and grandfather. For a number of years, she managed Jong-il’s public schedule, travel itineraries...
The semi-secret brother
Kim Jong-nam, 45; deceased. Jong-nam was Jong-il’s eldest son, the result of his relationship with the South Korean-born actress Song Hye-rim. Jong-nam grew up mainly with his mother’s intellectual family in secret, while his father consolidated his power base. He lived outside North Korea, on and off for 10 years, going to school in Switzerland and Russia. When Jong-nam returned to the DPRK, he was listless, and despised being kept behind the palace walls. He also started expressing his qual...
Kim Kyong-hui, 70.The daughter of Il-sung’s first marriage, Madame Kim was Jong-il’s youngest sister and his closest and most trusted relative, confidante and aide. She was married to Jang Song-thaek, the uncle notoriously executed in 2013, but had been estranged from him since the 1980s. She also had close ties to the murdered Jong-nam. Separated ...
Kim Yong-ju, 95.He is the youngest brother of Il-sung. For many years during the 1960s and 1970s he led the powerful Organisation Guidance Department where he supervised the work of his nephew, Jong-il. Some thought, with little evidence, that Yong-ju would succeed his older brother on an interim basis. Chronic stress-related health problems and ou...
Dec 13, 2013 · Kim Jong-il was one of the most secretive leaders in the world. Tales from dissidents and past aides created an image of an irrational, power-hungry man who allowed his people to starve while...
Oct 7, 2023 · Kim Yo Jong Is the World’s Most Dangerous Woman. A new book profiles the possible future leader of North Korea. October 7, 2023, 7:00 AM. By Anthony Ruggiero, the senior director of the...
Ko Yong Hui (Korean: 고용희; Korean pronunciation: [ko̞.jo̞ŋ.βwi]; 26 June 1952 – 13 August 2004), [1] [2] [3] also spelled Ko Young-hee, was the mistress of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il and the mother of his successor, Kim Jong Un.
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Jan 9, 2024 · North Korea's Kim Jong Un has hit the big 4-0 - or at least, that is what people suspect. The leader of the secretive state has never actually revealed his birthday, leaving North Korea...
