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The wife of North Korean ruler Kim Jong Un (37), Ri Sol Ju, appeared in public for the first time in more than a year. Ri attended a concert with her husband on the birthday of Kim Jong Il’s father, who died in 2011, state media reported Wednesday. Images of the couple at the concert in Pyongyang on Tuesday were also released. Kim Jong Il’s birthday is also celebrated as “Bright Star Day” in the isolated country that celebrates a cult of leadership around its rulers.
According to reports from the South Korean news agency Yonhap, Ri, who is estimated to be 31 years old, also attended a concert with her husband in January last year. He has not appeared in public since. His absence had sparked speculation abroad about his whereabouts.
Retired by Corona?
In a report to parliamentarians on activities in North Korea, South Korea’s secret service on Tuesday expressed the assumption that Ri may have been living in retirement due to the corona pandemic, the Arirang television station reported. . North Korea is one of the few countries that has yet to report a single case of Sars-CoV-2 infection. However, the country had closed its borders from the beginning for fear of the introduction of the virus and adopted strict protection measures.
Little is known about the personal lives of Kim Jong Un and his wife, although they often appeared together in public before the pandemic. Ri is said to come from a privileged family and previously performed as a singer. The South Korean secret service suspects that the two have three children together. (SDA)
