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Wife of Kim Jong Il (born 1947) For other people named Kim Young-sook, see Kim Young-sook (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Kim Jong-suk.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.
Kim Young-sook
김영숙
Born1947 (age 77–78)
Spouse Kim Jong Il ​ ​(m. 1974; died 2011)​
ChildrenKim Sol-song
Kim Chun-song
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl김영숙
Hancha金英淑
Revised RomanizationGim Yeongsuk
McCune–ReischauerKim Yŏngsuk

Kim Young-sook (김영숙; born 1947) was the second wife of Kim Jong Il. She was the daughter of a high-ranking military official, and was a switchboard operator in North Hamgyong Province before moving to Pyongyang. Kim Jong Il's father, Kim Il Sung, handpicked her to marry his son. The two had been estranged for some years before his death. Kim Young-sook had two daughters from this marriage, Kim Sol-song (born 1973) and Kim Chun-song (born 1975)

Song Hye-rang, the sister of Kim Jong Il's first mistress Song Hye-rim, mentioned that she is "insignificant to Kim Jong-il, apart from being a legitimate wife in front of Kim Il Sung. She did not even have an identity card in North Korea" as noted in her memoir Rattan house.


Select family tree of North Korea's ruling Kim family
Kim Song-ryeong
1810–1899
Kim Ung-u
1848–1878
Kim Bo-hyon
1871–1955
Kim Hyong-jik
1894–1926		Kang Pan-sok
1892–1932
Kim Jong-suk
1917–1949
Kim Il Sung
1912–1994		Kim Song-ae
1924–2014		Kim Yong-ju
1920–2021
Kim Young-sook
1947–		Song Hye-rim
1937–2002
Kim Jong Il
1941?–2011		Ko Yong-hui
1952–2004		Kim Ok
1964–		Kim Kyong-hui
1946–		Jang Song-thaek
1946–2013?		Kim Pyong Il
1954–
Kim Sol-song
1974–		Kim Jong-nam
1971–2017		Kim Jong-chul
1981–
Kim Jong Un
1983?–		Ri Sol-ju
c. 1986–		Kim Yo-jong
1987–
Kim Han-sol
1995–		Kim Ju-ae
c. 2012–
Notes:
  1. To keep the tree of manageable size, it omits five out of the seven known legitimate children of Kim Il Sung. Other children not shown in the tree are: Kim Man-il (1944-1947; child of Kim Jong Suk), Kim Kyong-jin (1952-; child of Kim Song-ae), Kim Yong-il (1955-2000; child of Kim Song-ae), and Kim Kyong Suk (1951-; child of Kim Song-ae). A stillborn daughter is also omitted. Kim Il Sung was reported to have had other children with women who he was not married to; they included Kim Hyŏn-nam (born 1972). Also, only some of the descendants of Kim Jong Il and Kim Jung Un (Kim Il Sung's successors) are included.
  2. Korean names often have a variety of transliterations into English, which can be confusing. For example, "Kim Jong-chul" may also be written "Gim Jeong-cheol" or "Kim Jŏng-ch'ŏl" among many other variations. See Korean romanization for more information.
  3. Huss, Kan; Frost, Clay. "North Korea's First Family: Mapping the personal and political drama of the Kim clan". msnbc.com. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2013. (Confirms many, but not all, of the birth and death years. See individual articles for more references.)
  4. Yan, Holly (16 February 2017). "The world's most mysterious family tree: Kim Jong Un's secretive dynasty is full of drama, death". Design by Alberto Mier. CNN. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  5. Lee, Sung-Yoon (2023). "The Mount Paektu Dynasty (Family Tree)". The Sister: The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea. United Kingdom: Macmillan. p. x-xi. ISBN 9781529073539.
  6. Official North Korean biographies of Kim Jong Il list his birth year as 1942. The Korean calendar is based upon the Chinese zodiac which is believed to characterize one's personality. The year 1942 (Year of the Horse), in addition to being 30 years since Kim Il Sung's birth may be viewed as a better year than others, thus creating a motive to lie about a birth year.
  7. Official North Korean biographies of Kim Jong Un list his birth year as 1982. The Korean calendar is based upon the Chinese zodiac which is believed to characterize one's personality. The year 1982 (Year of the Dog), in addition to being 70 years since Kim Il Sung's birth, may be viewed as a better year than others, thus creating a motive to lie about a birth year.
  8. Birth year for Kim Ju-ae is not publicly known. She may have been born in either late 2012 or early 2013.


References

  1. Kennedy, Helen (19 January 2003). "A REAL-LIFE DR. EVIL N. Korea's Kim a caricature of tyranny". New York Daily News. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
  2. ^ Glionna, John M. (24 December 2011). "Many women were linked to Kim Jong Il, but few had any influence". Los Angeles Times. Seoul. Retrieved 29 March 2013.
  3. "金正日的男女关系 导致许多无辜的牺牲 (Paragraph 6)". 18 August 2007.
Kim family of North Korea
Great Grandparents
  • Kim-Kim (North Korea) (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather)
  • Kim Gusta-Io I (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great-Great Grandfather)
  • Kim Ugu-io (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Grandfather)
  • Sal Sol-jan (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Grandmother)
  • Song-ryong Kim (Kim Il Sung's Great Great Grandfather)
  • Hyon-jik Na (Kim Il Sung's Great Great Grandmother)
  • Kim Ung-u (Kim Il Sung's Great grandfather)
  • Lady Lee (North Korea) (Kim Il Sung's Great Grandmother)
Great Grand Relatives
  • Kim Gusta-io II (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Uncle)
  • Rak Ja-sel (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great-Aunt)
  • Kim Gus-tal (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Cousin)
  • Kim Ul-ae (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great-Great Nephew)
  • Jong-su Kim (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great Uncle)
  • In-sok Kim (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great Uncle)
Pre-Il Sung
1st generation
2nd generation
3rd generation
4th generation


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