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Kim Yo Jong is the youngest child of former North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il and his wife, Ko Yong Hui. [7] The U.S. Treasury lists her birthdate as 26 September 1989, [8] while South Korean sources place her birth on 26 September 1987.
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]
In 1980, Kim Jong Il married his third wife, Ko Yong Hui. Ko was the de facto First Lady of North Korea from Kim Jong Il's becoming of leader in 1994 until her death in 2004. The couple had two sons, Kim Jong-chul (born 1981) and Kim Jong Un (born 1982 or 1983), and one daughter, Kim Yo Jong (born 1987). [24]
KCNA via REUTERS Her first public appearance was in 2011 at Kim Jong Il's funeral. Reuters Kim Yo Jong made headlines in 2017 after she was promoted to a top position in her brother's government ...
Kim Yo Jong has long been among her brother's closest lieutenants and one of the most influential women in the isolated regime. Born in 1988, according to the South Korean government, she is one ...
Sung-Yoon Lee: Kim Yo Jong is the first preeminent and powerful female figure to emerge in the brutish, male-dominated political landscape of North Korea, ruled by the Kim family for 75 years ...
Kim Jong Un is the second of three children of Ko Yong Hui and Kim Jong Il; his elder brother, Kim Jong Chul, was born in 1981, while his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, is believed to have been born in 1987. [9] [10] He is a grandson of Kim Il Sung, who was the founder of and led North Korea from its establishment in 1948 until his death in 1994 ...
The 35-year-old Kim Yo Jong has increasingly become the face of North Korea’s secretive and combative regime. The younger sister to dictator Kim Jong Un led the state delegation at the Winter ...