The aunt of Kim Jong Un, not seen in public since September last year, was featured in a documentary broadcast on KCNA on Sunday, hinting that she remains a member in good standing in the nation’s elite.
Kim Kyong Hui, sister and confidant of the late leader Kim Jong Il during his time in power in North Korea, has been little seen in public over the past two years, reportedly due to health problems. She has not been seen at all since her nephew Kim Jong Un, the son of Kim Jong Il, ordered the purging of her husband, Jang Song Thaek, last December. Rumors have swirled in the meantime, saying that she had gone to Switzerland to seek medical care, that she went to Poland, or even that she had committed suicide after her husband’s purge.
The aunt of Kim Jong Un, not seen in public since September last year, was featured in a documentary broadcast on KCNA on Sunday, hinting that she remains a member in good standing in the nation’s elite.
Kim Kyong Hui, sister and confidant of the late leader Kim Jong Il during his time in power in North Korea, has been little seen in public over the past two years, reportedly due to health problems. She has not been seen at all since her nephew Kim Jong Un, the son of Kim Jong Il, ordered the purging of her husband, Jang Song Thaek, last December. Rumors have swirled in the meantime, saying that she had gone to Switzerland to seek medical care, that she went to Poland, or even that she had committed suicide after her husband’s purge.
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