Kim Jong Un’s wife, Ri Sol Ju, along with her husband was spotted at an art performance at the Mansudae Art Theatre in the capital, Pyongyang. They were celebrating the Lunar New Year holidays. This marks her first public appearance in the last five months.
During the show, she donned a conventional red-and-black hanbok outfit. Conversing and smiling with Kim, the couple took the stage to shake hands and pose for photos with the musicians. In images published by North Korea’s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper, Kim Jong Un and his wife were displayed chuckling and applauding the artists at a concert in Pyongyang. Ri was last seen in public on September 9. She accompanied her husband to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, which holds Kim’s late grandfather and father’s embalmed bodies, on the country’s birth anniversary.
The Day of the Shining Star
“When (Kim) appeared at the auditorium of the theatre with his wife, Ri Sol Ju, amid the playing of the welcome music, the audience raised stormy cheers of ‘Hurrah!'” Reuters further quoted the official KCNA news agency as saying.
Kim Kyong Hui is Kim’s aunt and a former top official of the ruling Workers’ Party. She was also seen postured next to Ri in the TV broadcast, which was her first impression since January 2020. Kyong Hui was a pivotal figure in the young leader’s early years in power. But she ceased from the public eye after the death of her influential husband, Jang Song Thaek; on mutiny accusations in 2013, before reappearing six years later.
Kim Jong Un’s wife had been away from the eyes of state media for more than a year. It was before being specked at a performance in February last year, fueling supposition about her health and probable pregnancy. They are reckoned to have three children, according to the spy service. Although zero is known about them in the public eye. On the household front, North Korea is gearing up to commemorate the late leader Kim Jong Il’s 80th birthday in February and the founder Kim Il Sung’s 110th birthday in April. The Day of the Shining Star celebrates the birth of former North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il. It is one of the country’s most notable national holidays.