Wednesday, October 16, 2002
The Choson Ilbo (English Edition) reports that Kim Jong-il’s first wife died in Russia:
The article goes on to describe how Sung left the Dear Leader because she was “tired of Kim Jong Il's adultery”; it also offers juicy tidbits concerning the Dear Leader’s son, Kim Jong Nam who last made headlines trying to sneak into Tokyo Disneyland with a fake passport. The fun never ends.
A high-ranking government official confirmed Wednesday the death of Sung Hye-rim, ex-wife of Kim Jong Il and mother of Kim Jong Nam. According to the official, Sung Hye Rim died in July in Moscow, Russia due to chronic diseases, adding no special envoy from Pyongyang visited her funeral ceremony. Another official mentioned, she suffered cardiopathology, diabetes and mental depression and a complication of these killed her.
The article goes on to describe how Sung left the Dear Leader because she was “tired of Kim Jong Il's adultery”; it also offers juicy tidbits concerning the Dear Leader’s son, Kim Jong Nam who last made headlines trying to sneak into Tokyo Disneyland with a fake passport. The fun never ends.
