Qui es va casar amb Kim Jong-il?

En aquest nom coreà, el cognom és Kim.

Kim Jong-il, també transcrit Kim Jong Il (16 de febrer del 1941 - 17 de desembre del 2011), va ser el líder de facto de la República Popular Democràtica de Corea, comunament coneguda com a Corea del Nord, des del 1994 fins al 2011, quan va morir. Per a principis de 1980, Kim s'havia convertit en l'hereu de la direcció del país i va assumir importants càrrecs en els òrgans del partit i de l'exèrcit, ja que el líder oficial del país va continuar sent el seu pare mort, Kim Il-sung, fundador de l'estat.

Va ser conegut al seu país com el Líder Estimat o el Gran Dirigent i oficialment en la Constitució com el Líder Suprem. Com a autor teòric, va signar un bon nombre d'obres en les quals va desenvolupar la teoria juche, una doctrina col·lectivista i nacionalista en la qual es va basar la política del seu Estat. La seva data d'aniversari és una festa nacional.

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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 child, daughter Kim Hye-kyung, was born in 1968, and is the first child of Kim Jong Il. 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.

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Song Hye-rim (Korean: 성혜림; 24 January 1939 – 18 May 2002) was a North Korean actress, best known for being the one-time favored mistress of Kim Jong Il.

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Kim Young-sook (Korean: 김영숙; born 1947) was the second wife 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 (born 1974) and Kim Chun-song (born 1976).

Song Hye-rang, the sister of Kim Jong Il's first mistress Song Hye-rim, mentioned that she is "insignificant to Kim Jong Il, apart from being a legitimate wife in front of Kim Il Sung. She did not even have an identity card in North Korea" as noted in her memoir Rattan house.

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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. Within North Korea, she is only referred to by titles, such as "The Respected Mother who is the Most Faithful and Loyal 'Subject' to the Dear Leader Comrade Supreme Commander", "The Mother of Pyongyang", and "The Mother of Great Songun Korea".

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Kim Ok (Korean: 김옥; born 28 August 1964) is a former North Korean government employee who served as Kim Jong Il's personal secretary from the 1980s until his death in 2011. After the death of Ko Yong Hui in August 2004, she regularly met with foreign officials as the de facto first lady of North Korea, and was rumored to be the supreme leader's fourth wife.

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