Kim Kyung-hiu
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Kim Kyung-hee was a daughter of Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea's Kim family.[1] She and her husband, Jang Song-thaek, held top administration positions, for most of their lives.
In 1975, after living with mistress Song Hye-rim for most of eight years, her brother Kim Jong-il moved on to Ko Young-hui.[2] He relied on Kim Kyung-hiu to kick out his old mistress, and to seize Kim Jong-nam, the son she bore him. Song subsequently had a nervous breakdown, from which she never seems to have fully recovered.
When her young nephen Kim Jong-un succeeded her brother Kim Jong-il, in 2011, commentators suggested she and her husband would serve as mentors for him, until Kim Jong-un accused her husband of corruption, and had him execcutred with a burst from an anti-aircraft cannon.[1]
In 2014 a defector reported Kim Kyung-hiu was also dead.[1] She was said to have dropped dead, of a stroke, while arguing on the telephone, with her nephew Kim Jong-un, about his execution of her husband.
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Faith Karimi; Jung-eun Kim; Judy Kwon (2014-11-28). "Aunt of North Korean leader died after her husband was executed, defector says". CNN. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
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"The Anatomy of Kim Jong Il". Daily NK English. 2005-08-14. Retrieved 2026-01-01.
So, Kim Kyung Hee, Kim’s younger sister who notices his concerns, visits to see Sung Hye Lim and directly says to her, “As you have already been married to your husband with a child, and you are older than my brother, you do not deserve to stay at the residence. I will take Kim Jong Nam, and you must leave.