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Ko Yeong-hui
Third known partner (wife or possibly mistress) of the former DPRK leader Kim Jong Il, frequently described as his favorite.
KO YEONG-HUI (1953-2004). Third known partner (wife or possibly mistress) of the former Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Il, frequently described as his favorite. She was born in the Korean community in Japan and was a dancer by training. She came to the DPRK in the early 1960s and became a dancer in the Mansudae Art Troupe, where she attracted Kim Jong Il's attention. She had three children by Kim Jong Il: two boys, Kim Jeong-cheol ( 1981) and Kim Jong Un ( 1983), and a daughter, Kim Yeo-jeong (date of birth not known). Ko did not appear in public. She died, apparently of cancer, in 2004 (2003 in some accounts), in Paris, where she had gone for treatment. According to Republic of Korea press reports, it was she who selected Kim Ok to be Kim Jong Il's secretary.
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