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N. Korean leader's aunt in Europe: report
Yonhap News ^ | 2014/01/30

Posted on 01/30/2014 3:08:21 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster

N. Korean leader's aunt in Europe: report

2014/01/30 14:27

TOKYO, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's aunt is staying in Europe following the execution of her husband, Jang Song-thaek, a news report said Thursday.

Kim Kyong-hui, a senior party secretary and sister of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, stayed in Switzerland after the North executed Jang in December on charges of treason, Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun reported, citing unidentified sources.

The newspaper also said it obtained information that she later moved to Poland where Kim Pyong-il, the half-brother of late leader Kim Jong-il, has been serving as the North's top envoy since 1998. Kim Jong-il was the father of current leader Kim.

Kim Kyong-hui was last seen in public on Sept. 9 when she watched a military performance.

South Korean officials said earlier this month that Kim Kyong-hui appeared to be in gravely poor health.


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: kimkyonghui; nkorea
A new speculation popped up: this may be an extended stay, voluntary or involuntary exile. That's what Yonhap's Korean article says.
1 posted on 01/30/2014 3:08:22 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster
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To: TigerLikesRooster; AmericanInTokyo; Steel Wolf; nuconvert; MizSterious; endthematrix; ...

P!


2 posted on 01/30/2014 3:08:54 AM PST by TigerLikesRooster (The way to crush the bourgeois is to grind them between the millstones of taxation and inflation)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
If I was her, I think I'd stay in europe!
3 posted on 01/30/2014 3:45:20 AM PST by Cheapskate (Play loud and carry BIG sticks!)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I’d pass on the next invite to the family reunion.


4 posted on 01/30/2014 4:25:24 AM PST by bgill
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Of course, “Kim” is her last name.

One could stand on the corner of any place in either North or South Korea and yell out “Kim” and I’ll bet that half the people would turn in his direction.

Those people are in dire need of some more surnames. You’d think that they would try to make up some...you know, for variety’s sake.


5 posted on 01/30/2014 4:31:16 AM PST by OldPossum ("It's" is the contraction of "it" and "is"; think about ITS implications.)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
“As the sole daughter of the founder of the nation, she had both authority and legitimacy and she used that to protect Kim Jong-un’s government. “She was the sun and he was the moon.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10553603/Kim-Jong-uns-aunt-reported-to-be-dead.html

But:

However, the laughter and chatter that accompanies Lunar New Year’s celebrations cannot be enjoyed universally.

One defector who maintains regular contact with family in the North reported on this year's scenario for his family to Daily NK. “My eldest brother has received his distribution of alcohol and pork, so he will celebrate properly,” he said. “But my aunt and cousins in the countryside don't have any special food this time around. They'll just make do with a plain meal.”
http://www.dailynk.com/english/read.php?num=11441&cataId=nk02900

Will the "un" accept this?

6 posted on 01/30/2014 4:53:19 AM PST by AdmSmith (GCTGATATGTCTATGATTACTCAT)
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To: OldPossum

Maybe Lee, or Park. :-)


7 posted on 01/30/2014 7:22:13 AM PST by Larry Lucido (If you like your all your base, you can keep your all your base. - CATS)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

Sound like exile for Auntie Queen mother that how ancient Kings used to roll give rid of annoying Queen Mothers


8 posted on 01/30/2014 8:56:05 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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To: AdmSmith

Probably gave a choice

Firing squard go to Euro country of your choice Auntie

I think Chia Chub realize you can’t kill his daddy sister COME ON that his aunt

Itsn’t her fault that she marry a loser LOL!


9 posted on 01/30/2014 9:00:30 AM PST by SevenofNine (We are Freepers, all your media bases belong to us ,resistance is futile)
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