Hong Il-chon
Hong Il-chon (Korean: 홍일천; born 1942) was the first wife of Kim Jong Il. She was the daughter of a soldier who died during the Korean War. In the early 1960s, Kim Il Sung, father of Kim Jong Il, introduced her to his son and handpicked her to marry him in 1966. Her only daughter is named Kim Hye-gyong, born in 1968, and is the first child of Kim Jong Il.[1][2][3] They divorced in 1969.
Hong Il-chon held a degree in Russian Literature from Kim Il Sung University. After her divorce from Kim Jong Il, she was still active in politics and educational affairs. She became one of the members of the Supreme People's Assembly during the period between 1977 and 1991. After she withdrew from the Assembly, she was appointed as principal of Kim Hyong Jik University of Education in September 1991. She retired from that post in July 2012 at the age of 70.[4]
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- Kim Jong Il (1941–2011)
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- Jong-su Kim (Kim Il Sung's Great-Great Uncle)
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- Kang Pan-sok (Kim Il Sung's mother)
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- Kim Hyong-sil (Kim Il Sung's Uncle)
- Kim Hyong-bok (Kim Il Sung's Uncle)
- Kim Jong-suk (Kim Il Sung's first wife, Jong Il's mother)
- Kim Yong-ju (Kim Il Sung's brother)
- Kim Chol-ju (Kim Il Sung's brother)
- Kim Song-ae (Kim Il Sung's second wife)
- Hong Il-chon (Kim Jong Il's first wife, divorced)
- Song Hye-rim (Kim Jong Il's first mistress)
- Kim Man-il (Kim Jong Il's brother)
- Jang Song-thaek (Kim Jong Il's brother-in-law)
- Kim Kyong-hui (Kim Jong Il's sister)
- Kim Young-sook (Kim Jong Il's wife)
- Ko Yong-hui (Kim Jong Il's second mistress, Jong Un's mother)
- Kim Pyong Il (Kim Jong Il's half-brother)
- Kim Ok (Kim Jong Il's third mistress)
- Kim Yo-jong (Kim Jong Un's sister)
- Kim Jong-chul (Kim Jong Un's brother)
- Kim Sul-song (Kim Jong Un's half-sister)
- Kim Jong-nam (Kim Jong Un's half-brother)
- Ri Sol-ju (Kim Jong Un's wife)
- Kim Ju-ae (Kim Jong Un's daughter)
- Kim Han-sol (Kim Jong-nam's son)
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