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Ri Sol-ju (Korean: 리설주; born c. 1985–1989) [2] [3] [4] is the current First Lady of North Korea as the wife of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. [5] Little is known about her from official North Korean sources, but outside sources have speculated more about her background.
Feb 2, 2022 · Ri has not been seen publicly since 9 September last year when she visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun where the embalmed bodies of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il – her husband’s late...
- Kate Samuelson
Later in 1940, the Japanese kidnapped a woman named Kim Hye-sun, believed to have been Kim Il Sung's first wife. After using her as a hostage to try to convince the Korean guerrillas to surrender, she was killed.
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Kim Jong-suk was born on 24 December 1917 in Hoeryong County, North Hamgyong Province, Japanese Korea. Suh Dae-sook writes that she was "the elder of two daughters of a poor farmer." However, the Korean Central News Agency(KCNA), states that she had a younger brother, Kim Ki-song(김기송), who was born 9 February 1921. Kim Jong-suk followed her mother ...
After Kim Jong-il succeeded Kim Il Sung, he began to make his mother, Kim Jong-suk, into "a revolutionary immortal." This campaign created "a holy trinity known as the ‘Three Generals.’" Instead of touting Kim Jong-suk as the quiet woman that she was, she became the heroine of the revolution. The website of the National Democratic Front of South Ko...
Works cited
1. Corfield, Justin (2014). "Kim Jong Suk (1917–1949)". Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang. London: Anthem Press. pp. 94–96. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1. 2. Sessler, Warren E.; McDaniel, Paul (2009). Military and Civil Awards of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). Henderson, Nevada: Sessler Incorporated. ISBN 978-0-615-28482-8.
Kim Jong Suk Biography (PDF). Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 2002. OCLC 68966128.Kim Hye-hui (1997). Kim Jong Suk: Mother of Korea. Pyongyang: Korea Pictorial. OCLC 242955596.Kim Ik-hyon (1987). The Immortal Woman Revolutionary (Three vols.). Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 17944056. Archived from the original on 2 December 2017. Retrieved 1 December...Kim Ok-sun (1997). Kim Jong Suk: The Anti-Japanese Heroine (PDF). Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 659903802.Feb 4, 2023 · Curiously, the book favors Ri over Kim Il Sung’s first wife, Kim Jong Suk, who is treated as a national heroine for fighting alongside her husband against Japanese colonizers, a...
Sep 25, 2020 · Official history calls Kim Il Sung’s mother the “mother of Choson,” upheld as pure legend in the cult of the Kim family. Kim Jong Suk (Kim Il Sung’s first wife and mother to Kim Jong Il) and Kim Hwak Sil (called “the Woman General” of the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Army) were exceptional women in the independence movement who fought ...
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Kim Il-Sung was the communist leader of North Korea from 1948 until his death in 1994. He was the country’s premier from 1948 to 1972, chairman of its dominant Korean Workers’ Party from 1949, and president and head of state from 1972. Learn more about Kim’s life and career in this article.
