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- Ko herself would pass away, reportedly from cancer, in the early 2000s, missing her son’s ascension to power.
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Ko Yong Hui (Korean: 고용희; Korean pronunciation: [ko̞.jo̞ŋ.βwi]; 26 June 1952 – 13 August 2004), also spelled Ko Young-hee, was the mistress of North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Il and the mother of his successor, Kim Jong Un.
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Jun 7, 2024 · Most North Koreans don’t know her name – Ko Yong Hui – or that she was born in Osaka, Japan, or that her father, Ko Gyon Taek, managed a military factory in the city prior to the end of World...
In 2016, The Washington Post identified Kim's late mother as Ko Yong Hui. Ko, who was half Japanese, died in 2004, according to the publication. In May 2018, The New York Times reported on...
Jul 5, 2022 · Though it seemed that the DPRK government had been attempting a mild publicity push for Ko in the early 2000s, it was a short-lived endeavor as Ko died in 2004, per The Korea Times. The details around her death are as murky as those surrounding her life.
Mar 29, 2016 · Ko’s gravestone says she was born on June 26, 1952, and died on May 24, 2004, according to a source based in China who visited the site. The epitaph calls her “Mother of Great Songun Korea, Comrade Ko Yong-hui,” referring to the political term songun, the North’s military-first ideology.
Apr 14, 2018 · A figure who interacted with Ko at the time has retained the photos taken when Ko visited Japan from July to September 1973 as a dancer with Pyongyang-based Mansudae Art Troupe. Ko passed...
Nov 22, 2017 · 1:11. The mysterious, cult-like Kim family that has ruled North Korea for three generations appears to be a dysfunctional clan rife with poisonings, brutal executions, exiles and unexplained...
