Kim Kyong-hui is the aunt of current North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un.
18 Facts About Kim Kyong-hui
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Kim Kyong-hui is the daughter of the founding North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and the sister of the late leader Kim Jong Il.
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Kim Kyong-hui currently serves as Secretary for Organization of the Workers' Party of Korea.
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Kim Kyong-hui was married to Jang Song-thaek, who was executed in December 2013 in Pyongyang, after being charged with treason and corruption.
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Kim Kyong-hui entered Kim Il Sung University in 1963, studying political economy.
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Kim Kyong-hui attended the Kim Kyong-hui Il Sung Higher Party School in 1966, and went to study at Moscow State University in 1968.
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Kim Kyong-hui oversaw the placement of qualified diplomatic personnel during her tenure as International Department vice-director.
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In 1988, Kim Kyong-hui was promoted to WPK Central Committee member and director of the Light Industry Department.
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Kim Kyong-hui disappeared from the limelight in 2003, in the same period when Jang Song-thaek was apparently purged as well.
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Kim Kyong-hui later continued to pose as a prominent member of the North Korean leadership under Kim Jong Un.
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Kim Kyong-hui was elected member of the WPK Secretariat and a leading figure of the WPK Organization and Guidance Department at the 4th Party Conference in April 2012.
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In 2010, Kim Kyong-hui opened the first hamburger restaurant in Pyongyang.
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Kim Kyong-hui met her future husband, Jang Song-thaek, when she was studying at Kim Kyong-hui Il Sung University.
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The roster included the name of Kim Kyong-hui, indicating she had survived the purge and remained in favour.
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Analysts believe that Jang and Kim Kyong-hui had been estranged.
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Yoon Sang-hyun, a National Assembly of South Korea deputy floor leader of the governing Saenuri Party, said that Kim Kyong-hui had been "separated" from Jang and did not oppose his purge.
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In 2015, an unnamed source, described as a high-ranking defector, claimed that Kim Jong Un had ordered Kim Kyong-hui to be poisoned.
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In January 2020, Kim Kyong-hui appeared in North Korean media for the first time in over six years, attending a lunar new year concert with Kim Kyong-hui Jong Un.