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Hong Il-chon
First wife of Kim Jong-il · North Korea · On the map · Politicians · Born 1942 · age 84
Hong Il-chon is a North Korean educator. She was the first wife of Kim Jong Il. She was the daughter of a soldier who died during the Korean War. In the early 1960s, Kim Il Sung, father of Kim Jong Il, introduced her to his son and handpicked her to marry him in 1966.
Hong Il-chon is read about 153 times a day, in 5 languages.
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Her only child, daughter Kim Hye-kyung, was born in 1968, and is the first child of Kim Jong Il. They divorced in 1969.
