Kim jong ill biography

Wife of Kim Il Sung (1917–1949)

For other people named Kim Jeong-suk, see Kim Jeong-suk (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with Kim Young-sook.

In this Korean name, the family name is Kim.

Kim Jong-suk (Korean: 김정숙; Hancha: 金正淑;^[a] 24 December 1917^[1][b]  – 22 September 1949) was a Korean revolutionary, anti-Japanese guerrilla, Communist activist, the first wife of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, the mother of former leader Kim Jong Il and grandmother of current leader Kim Jong Un.

Biography

Kim Jong-suk was born on 24 December 1917 in Hoeryong County, Kankyōhoku-dō, Empire of Japan (now in North Hamgyong Province, North Korea).^[3] Suh Dae-sook writes that she was "the elder of two daughters of a poor farmer."^[1] However, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), states that she had a younger brother, Kim Ki-song (김기송), who was born 9 February 1921.^[4]

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