Kim Kyŏng-hŭi

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Korean spelling
Chosŏn'gŭl 김경희
Hancha 金 敬 姬
Revised
Romanization 		Gim Gyeong-hui
McCune-
Reischauer 		Kim Kyŏnghŭi
Portrait of Kim Kyŏng-hŭi with her father Kim Il-sung , her mother Kim Jong-suk and brother Kim Jong-il .

Kim Kyŏng-hŭi (born May 30, 1946 in Pyongyang ) is a North Korean politician . She is the younger sister of the late head of state Kim Jong-Il , daughter of the state founder Kim Il-Sung and aunt of the current head of state Kim Jong-un . On September 27, 2010, she and her nephew were appointed general .

Kim Kyŏng-hŭi began her political career in 1971 in the Democratic Women's Association of North Korea. In 1976 she became deputy chairwoman of the committee for international contacts at the Central Committee of the PdAK. She is a member of the Supreme People's Assembly and since 1987 head of the light industry department of the Central Committee of the Labor Party of Korea (PdAK). She has been a member of the Central Committee since 1988.

In 1972 she married Jang Song-thaek , who, like her, was a general and from June 7, 2010 to December 2013, served as vice chairman of the National Defense Commission . In addition, he was head of the administrative department of the PdAK. Their only daughter Jang Kum-song (1977-2006) studied in Paris, where she committed suicide.

She has been running a restaurant in Pyongyang since 2010 .

Kim Kyŏng-hŭi is or was considered a member of the most influential circles in North Korea due to her membership of the ruling dynasty until her husband Jang Song-thaek was unexpectedly executed in December 2013 for high treason , drug use and numerous extramarital love affairs . Kim remained undisturbed by official penalties. However, it did not appear publicly from September 2013 to January 2020. Attention- seeking defectors had alleged to the New York Post , the Wall Street Journal and the South Korean JoonAng Daily that she had been hospitalized with a stroke after a "heated" phone call with Kim Jong-un about the execution of her husband and died there, she had poisoned herself when she was suicidal or she was in a coma after a brain hemorrhage .

In the March 9, 2014 election , Kim was elected as a member of the 13th Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea. For the first time after more than six years of absence, she appeared again in public on January 26, 2020 to celebrate the Chinese New Year. She was accompanied by Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol Ju .

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  1. ↑ Pyongyang confirms the disempowerment of the uncle of ruler Kim . In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . December 9, 2013, accessed December 25, 2014 .
  2. ↑ a b Andreas Lorenz: Kim and his relatives. In: Spiegel Online . April 12, 2013, accessed December 25, 2014 .
  3. ↑ Happy Meals in Pyongyang? In: Radio Free Asia . October 15, 2010, accessed December 25, 2014 .
  4. ↑ North Korea confirms the execution of Kim's uncle. In: Handelsblatt . December 13, 2013, accessed December 25, 2014 .
  5. ↑ Sophie Mühlmann: Is Kim Jong-us aunt dead too? In: The world . January 6, 2014, accessed December 25, 2014 .
  6. ↑ A resurrection of sorts: Kim Jong-un's aunt stuns guests with a shock appearance, after being 'killed' by tabloids years ago (2020-01-26)
  7. ↑ David K. Li: Kim Jong-un's aunt died after 'heated exchange' with nephew: report. November 30, 2014, accessed December 25, 2014 .
  8. ↑ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2020/01/26/asia-pacific/kim-jong-uns-aunt-reported-dead-makes-surprise-public-appearance-six-years-husbands -shocking-execution / #. XjmeY3tCeUn
Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Kim is the family name here, Kyŏng-hŭi is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Kim, Kyŏng-hŭi
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 김경희 (Hangeul)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION North Korean politician
DATE OF BIRTH May 30, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyongyang