First Lady of North Korea

Kim Ok, First Lady of North Korea

Kim Ok is a North Korean, occasionally regarded (unofficially) as “North Korea’s first lady”, and has served as Kim Jong-il’s personal secretary since the 1980s. She is reported to have started living with Kim Jong-il at some point after the death of Kim’s third consort Ko Young-hee.

Kim was previously a musician and was a piano major at Pyongyang University of Music and Dance.

Kim has traveled with Kim Jong-il within North Korea and abroad, such as on Mr. Kim’s visit to China in January 2006 where they met Chinese President Hu Jintao.