Kim Jong-ok (Korean: 김종옥; born 1973) is a South Korean writer.He began his literary career when his short story "Georiui masulsa" (거리의 마술사; The Street Magician) won the 2012 Munhwa Ilbo New Writer's Contest. For the same short story he was also awarded Munhakdongne Young Writers' Award Grand Prize.

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. [1]

Kim Jong Un[d] (born 8 January 1982, 1983 or 1984) [b] is a North Korean politician and dictator who has been the third supreme leader of North Korea since 2011 and general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012.

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Nov 22, 2018 · Former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s secretary Kim Ok, once rumored to be the late ruler’s secret fourth wife, appears to have been sent to a prison camp, a local government official exclusively told the JoongAng Ilbo on Wednesday.

Kim Jong Kook (김종국) is a singer, entertainer, and a member in Turbo under Turbo Company. He debuted as a singer with Turbo in 1995 and as a soloist in 2001. – Born in Hapcheon, South Korea. – He has an older brother Kim Jong Myeong. – His hobbies are weight training, football, boxing, and playing football video games. – His religion is Buddhism.

Feb 10, 2025 · This photo provided Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech marking the 77th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army at the defense ministry in Pyongyang, Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image ...

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. [1] 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 ...

The Kim family has ruled North Korea since it declared independence in 1948, but Kim Jong Il has not groomed his children for leadership. So speculation centers on them along with Kim’s fourth wife, Kim Ok, who visited Washington during the waning days of the Clinton administration.

Mar 2, 2025 · After Ko Yong-hui died in 2004, she served as the de facto first lady as Kim Jong-il's wife, and after Kim Jong-il suffered a stroke , she managed the regime stably with Jang Song-taek and Kim Kyong-hui, and there is a claim that she was also involved in making Kim Jong-un the successor. In 2011, she visited China with Kim Jong-il.