No free photograph
Kim Young-sook
Wife of Kim Jong-il, ruler of North Korea · North Korea · Politicians · Born 1947 · age 79
Kim Young-sook is read about 276 times a day, in 9 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 23 August 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?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.
Family
Partners
Children
Is this everyone?
Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.
Correct this familyAbout this person
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.
Politicians from North Korea 6
Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.