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N Korea's Secretive Leader Tied Knot with Ex-Singer - Report
World | July 26, 2012, Thursday // 10:25
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Kim Jong-un and his enigmatic first lady. Photo by EPA
North Korea's mysterious first lady Ri Sol-ju is a former singer, according to South Korean media.
Reports say that young ruler Kim Jong-un spotted his future wife at one of her concerts.
Other sources state that the North Korean leader's late father, Kim Jong Il, chose the wife for his son himself.
It was not until Wednesday that the secretive country's state television revealed that the young woman pictured accompanying Kim this month is his wife, Ri Sol-Ju.
Neither Kim's father nor grandfather Kim Il-Sung were ever pictured with their wives at public events, international media remind.
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