Update (Feb. 17, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. KST): This article has been updated to include new remarks from the South Korean National Intelligence Service as well as National Assembly lawmaker Ha Tae-keung.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s wife, Ri Sol Ju, is “staying well with her children” despite the fact that she has been missing from state media for more than a year now, according to South Korean lawmakers.
The lawmakers, who were briefed by the country’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) as a part of an intelligence committee, said on Tuesday that the NIS
Update (Feb. 17, 2021 at 4:00 p.m. KST): This article has been updated to include new remarks from the South Korean National Intelligence Service as well as National Assembly lawmaker Ha Tae-keung.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s wife, Ri Sol Ju, is “staying well with her children” despite the fact that she has been missing from state media for more than a year now, according to South Korean lawmakers.
Jeongmin Kim is a correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. She previously worked for the CSIS Korea Chair and in the Seoul bureau of Reuters news agency. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim