Most Popular
-
1
Now is no time to add pressure on businesses: top executives
-
2
CJ CheilJedang to spur overseas growth with new Hungary, US plants
-
3
Seoul to host winter festival from Dec. 13
-
4
Nationwide rail disruptions feared as union plans strike from Dec. 5
-
5
Blackpink's solo journeys: Complementary paths, not competition
-
6
N. Korea, Russia court softer image: From animal diplomacy to tourism
-
7
[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts
![[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts](//res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=644&simg=/content/image/2024/11/21/20241121050099_0.jpg&u=20241121172748)
-
8
Smugglers caught disguising 230 tons of Chinese black beans as diesel exhaust fluid
-
9
Korean Air offers special flights for mileage users
-
10
Defense ministry denies special treatment for BTS’ V amid phone use allegations
![[Today’s K-pop] Blackpink’s Jennie, Lisa invited to Coachella as solo acts](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=644&simg=/content/image/2024/11/21/20241121050099_0.jpg&u=20241121172748)
Wife of ex-N.K. leader got hospital treatment in Germany: sources
By 조지현Published : Sept. 8, 2012 - 10:50
BERLIN -- Kim Ok, the rumored fourth wife of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, was treated for a cervical disk problem and coxitis at a hospital in Berlin in May, sources here said Saturday.
Kim, 48, arrived in the German capital via Beijing and stayed at a hotel while receiving treatment at the Charite hospital, according to multiple South Korean residents here, who asked not to be named.
Kim, a former secretary to Kim Jong-il, is said to have started playing first lady in 2004 after the late leader's wife Ko Yong-huidied of breast cancer.
Ko was the mother of the current North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, who took power after his father Kim Jong-il died last December.
The sources said Kim Ok was seen traveling in a Mercedes-Benz car with a North Korean diplomat accompanying her as an interpreter.
Before Kim Jong-il's death, she accompanied him on his visits to China and Russia, and attended the former leader's meetings with South Korean business representatives.
Kim, 48, arrived in the German capital via Beijing and stayed at a hotel while receiving treatment at the Charite hospital, according to multiple South Korean residents here, who asked not to be named.
Kim, a former secretary to Kim Jong-il, is said to have started playing first lady in 2004 after the late leader's wife Ko Yong-huidied of breast cancer.
Ko was the mother of the current North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, who took power after his father Kim Jong-il died last December.
The sources said Kim Ok was seen traveling in a Mercedes-Benz car with a North Korean diplomat accompanying her as an interpreter.
Before Kim Jong-il's death, she accompanied him on his visits to China and Russia, and attended the former leader's meetings with South Korean business representatives.
(Yonhap News)
![[Today’s K-pop] Babymonster logs 100m views with ‘Drip’ music video](http://res.heraldm.com/phpwas/restmb_idxmake.php?idx=642&simg=/content/image/2024/11/22/20241122050051_0.jpg&u=20241122172213)