Mystery solved? N. Korean leader`s mystery woman reveled

Kim Jong-un's mystery woman revealed: Dictator's companion is married pop star whom his father banned him from seeing 10 years ago

• Attractive Hyon Song-wol's has been pictured accompanying the North Korean leader to a string of official engagements
• Her hits include 'Excellent Horse-like Lady' 'I Love Pyongyang' 'Footsteps of Soldiers' and 'We are Troops of the Party'
• South Korean intelligence believe pair became romantically involved about 10 years ago but father ordered him to end the relationship

By DANIEL MILLER
DAILY MAIL
July 10, 2012

The mystery woman pictured accompanying North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to a string of official engagements is a previously married pop star, who his father banned him from seeing 10 years ago, it has been revealed.

Attractive Hyon Song-wol, who used to front the Bochonbo Electronic Music Band, enjoyed chart success with hits including Excellent Horse-Like Lady, Footsteps of Soldiers, I Love Pyongyang, She is a Discharged Soldier and We are Troops of the Party.

According to South Korean intelligence the pair became romantically involved a decade ago after Kim Jong-un returned from an elite private school in the Swiss city of Berne.

Revealed: The attractive woman seen accompanying Korean Dictator Kim Jong-un to a string of official engagements is the previously married pop star Hyon Song-wol, according to South Korean intelligence

Romance? The pair walk through Pyongyang's Kumsusan Palace where he was paying tribute to his late grandfather Kim Il-Sung on the anniversary of his death in 1994

But his father Kim Jong-il, who died in December last year, reportedly ordered him to end the relationship.

A South Korean intelligence official told the JoonAng Daily newspaper in Seoul: 'The two have known each other since they were in their teens and rumours about the two having an affair have been circulating among Pyongyang's top elite.'

The singer, whose popularity peaked around 2005, is believed to have been married to an officer in the North Korean Army with whom she had a baby.

Date: The couple watch Disney performances by North Korea's new Moranbong band in Pyongyang. It is believed his father Kim Jong-il, who died late last year, ordered him to stop seeing her 10 years ago

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