Kim Young-sook

Kim Young-sook
Born 1947 (age 7071)
Spouse(s) Kim Jong-il (1974–2011)
Children Kim Sul-song
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl 김영숙
Hancha 金英淑
Revised Romanization Gim Yeongsuk
McCune–Reischauer Kim Yŏngsuk

Kim Young-sook (Hangul: 김영숙; Hanja: 金英淑, born 1947) was the third wife of Kim Jong-il.[1] She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official, and was a switchboard operator in North Hamgyong Province before moving to Pyongyang.[2] Kim Jong-il's father, Kim Il-Sung, handpicked her to marry his son.[2] The two had been estranged for some years before his death. Kim Young-sook had a daughter from this marriage, Kim Sul-song (born 1974). She was First Lady of North Korea from 1994 to late 2011.

Song Hye-rang, the sister of Kim Jong-il's second wife Song Hye-rim, mentioned that she is "insignificant to Kim Jong-il, apart from being a legitimate wife in front of Kim Il-sung. She didn't even have an identity card in North Korea" as noted in her memoir Rattan house.[3]

References

  1. Kennedy, Helen (19 January 2003). "A REAL-LIFE DR. EVIL N. Korea's Kim a caricature of tyranny". New York Daily News. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. 1 2 Glionna, John M. (24 December 2011). "Many women were linked to Kim Jong Il, but few had any influence". Los Angeles Times. Seoul. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. "金正日的男女关系 导致许多无辜的牺牲 (Paragraph 6)". 2007-08-18.


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