Hong Il-chon explained

Hong Il-chon
Birth Place:Pyongyang, Heian'nan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan
Children:Kim Hye-kyung
Module:
Hangul:홍일천
Rr:Hong Il-cheon
Mr:Hong Il-ch'ŏn
Context:north
Child:yes

Hong Il-chon (Korean: 홍일천; born 1942) 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. Her only daughter is named Kim Hye-gyong, born in 1968, and is the first child of Kim Jong Il.[1] [2] [3] They divorced in 1969.

Hong Il-chon held a degree in Russian Literature from Kim Il Sung University. After her divorce from Kim Jong Il, she was still active in politics and educational affairs. She became one of the members of the Supreme People's Assembly during the period between 1977 and 1991. After she withdrew from the Assembly, she was appointed as principal of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education in September 1991. She retired from that post in July 2012 at the age of 70.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://news.mk.co.kr/newsRead.php?year=2011&no=778374 김정일 딸이 위원장? 北 여성동맹 대폭 강화
  2. 정락인, 권력 따라 뜨고 진 북한 ‘외척’들, 시사저널
  3. http://www.chinareviewnews.com/doc/1010/5/9/4/101059481.html?coluid=0&kindid=0&docid=101059481 韓媒:中國雜誌罕有介紹朝鮮"金氏王朝"世系
  4. Web site: Information from Korea unification center. Cybernk.net. 9 August 2017.