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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 2025. Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 For the South Korean long jumper, see Kim Jong-il (long jumper). In this Korean name, the family name is Kim. Eternal General Secretary Kim Jong Il 김정일 Kim in August 2011 General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea In office 8 October ...
The BBC, quoting an analyst who spoke to The Korea Times of South Korea, reported that Kim's father, Kim Jong Il, had hastily arranged his son's marriage after suffering a stroke in 2008. The two were reportedly married in 2009. [20] [21] Her identity as Kim Jong Un's wife first became known to the public in July 2012. [5]
The Kim family, officially the Mount Paektu bloodline (Korean: 백두혈통), named for Paektu Mountain, in the ideological discourse of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), and often referred to as the Kim dynasty after the Cold War's end, is a three-generation lineage of North Korean leadership, descending from the country's founder and first leader, Kim Il Sung.
Kim Jong Un's influential aunt also joined the couple in attending an art performance in the capital, Pyongyang, celebrating the Lunar New Year holiday, state television reported.
Ri Sol-ju was reportedly born into an elite family -- her father was a professor and her mother a doctor -- but little else is known about her life.
Hong Il-chon (Korean: 홍일천; born 1942) was the first wife of Kim Jong Il. She was the daughter of a soldier who died during the Korean War. In the early 1960s, Kim Il Sung, father of Kim Jong Il, introduced her to his son and handpicked her to marry him in 1966. Her only child, daughter Kim Hye-gyong, was born in 1968, and is the first ...
Like much of North Korea, the personal and family life of its dictator Kim Jong Un is shrouded in secrecy. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290 ...
It is thought that Ko and Kim Jong Il first met in 1972. [12] In 1981, Ko had a son named Kim Jong-chul, her first child with Kim. It was Kim's fourth child, after daughter Kim Hye-gyong (born 1968 to Hong Il-chon), son Kim Jong-nam (born 1971 to Song Hye-rim), and daughter Kim Sol-song (born 1974 to Kim Young-sook).