1. Kim Han-sol is the eldest son of Kim Jong-nam and a grandson of the former North Korean ruler Kim Jong Il.
10 Facts About Kim Han-sol
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Kim Han-sol's father was the unofficial heir apparent until 2001, when he fell out of favor with the regime after a failed attempt to secretly visit Tokyo Disneyland in May 2001.
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Kim Han-sol was born in Pyongyang on June 16,1995 and had an isolated upbringing in Mainland China and Macau.
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Kim Han-sol first came to public attention in 2011 when he was accepted by Li Po Chun United World College, a member of the UWC movement, to study in Hong Kong.
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In October 2012, Kim Han-sol made his first ever televised interview with Finnish TV network Yle, making several comments about his desire for Korean reunification, and not disputing the interviewer Elisabeth Rehn's disparaging characterizations of Kim Han-sol's grandfather's and uncle's rule over North Korea.
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In December 2013, Kim was in his first year of study at the Le Havre campus of France's Sciences Po university.
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Kim Han-sol completed his studies at Sciences Po in 2016.
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In October 2017, Chinese police arrested two North Korean agents in Beijing, on suspicion of plotting to harm Kim Han-sol, according to the South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo.
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In November 2020, it was reported that Kim Han-sol had been taken into protective custody by the Central Intelligence Agency at some point following his father's assassination.
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In January 2023, Chun In-bum, a former lieutenant general in the South Korean Army, told The Daily Telegraph that Kim Han-sol "seems to be somewhere in Europe being protected and taken care of".