Kim Jong-Un’s lady a pop singer: report

AAP

Kim Jong-Un’s mystery lady has been identified by South Korean intelligence as the former singer of a pop band.

In recent weeks, North Korea’s leader has been photographed at public events standing next to a mystery lady – a short-haired, attractive woman. Last week, North Korea’s Rodong Sinmun newspaper ran a photo of Kim and the woman, but didn’t identify her.

South Korean intelligence sources have told Britain’s The Daily Telegraph that the woman is Hyon Song Wol of the Bochonbo Electronic Music Band.

Hyon’s band is responsible for a number of pop hits in North Korea, the most popular song being a 2005 tune called Excellent Horse-Like Lady.

Sources told The Telegraph that Hyon and Kim had been together for 10 years, but were ordered to break up by his father, dictator Kim-Jong Il. Hyon went on to marry a soldier and have a baby. Now that Kim Jong Il has died, Kim and Hyon may have started hanging out again.

But there haven’t been any reports about what happened to Hyon’s husband or her baby, the Telegraph said.