# Kim Young-sook

> Kim Young-sook is the second wife and widow 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 and Kim Chun-song.

*Wife of Kim Jong-il, ruler of North Korea*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kim-young-sook-q714481

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Country:** North Korea
- **Born:** 1947
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** female

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 52.1 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.1 / 100  (trend: RISING)
- **Historical depth:** 8.4 / 100
- **Attention shift:** 23.7 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 50.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Sources
- [金英淑](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E8%8B%B1%E6%B7%91)
- [كيم يونج سوك](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%85_%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D8%AC_%D8%B3%D9%88%D9%83)
- [Kim Young-sook (Ehefrau von Kim Jong-il)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Young-sook_(Ehefrau_von_Kim_Jong-il))
- [Kim Young-sook](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Young-sook)
- [金英淑](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E8%8B%B1%E6%B7%91)
- [김영숙 (1947년)](https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B9%80%EC%98%81%EC%88%99_(1947%EB%85%84))
- [Kim Yŏng Suk](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Y%C5%8Fng_Suk)
- [Ким Ён Сук](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B8%D0%BC_%D0%81%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%83%D0%BA)
- [คิม ย็อง-ซุก](https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%A1_%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%87-%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%81)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q714481)

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