N. Korean leader's sister still unmarried: report
/ Yonhap
By Lee Jin-a
Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, is still single, according to the U.S.-based Voice of America (VOA) Thursday.
It dismissed rumors she married a son of Workers’ Party of Korea secretary Choe Ryong-hae or an unidentified scientist from a non-elite family.
A North Korean defector - from an elite class - told the VOA that in September 2012 Kim’s uncle, Jang Song-thaek, organized a special team in the Political Economy Department of Kim Il-sung University to seek a suitable man to marry Yo-jong.
“He chose 30 university graduates and students enrolled in master’s programs who served in the North Korean People’s Army,” the defector said. “They were all members of the Workers’ Party, with outstanding appearance and height taller than 175 centimeters.”
But Jang was executed on Dec. 12, 2013, for allegedly attempting to remove his nephew.
The source also claimed Choe’s son died in a car accident in January 2013.
Kenji Fujimoto, the Japanese chef who visited North Korea last month on Kim Jong-un’s invitation, said Yo-jong is single and rejected the report that Kim tied the knot with Choe’s son.