[KS] Official biography of Kim Jong-un

[Ruediger Frank]

Matty and all,
having just returned from NK and having talked to a few people there, I can say that it does not seem that the personal background of Kim3 has yet been made public. It is known that he is Kim2's son, and there are speculations that his name was formed of his father's (Jong) and his mother's (ùn) name. That's all. There was no knowledge of Kim Jong Nam or his escapades.
Of course this must be taken with a grain of salt; naive to expect anybody there would tell a foreigner the truth on such a delicate matter. But based on experience, I'd say in this paticular case my contacts did not lie.
Cheers,
Rudiger




on Dienstag, 17. April 2012 at 03:05 you wrote:


Hello list members:

A student recently asked if we have any indication about what people in North Korea know of Kim Jong-un's biography. In particular, do they know that he studied abroad and if so, what feelings might they have about this?

1) Is there an online resource with an official biography of KJO?
2) Any educated guesses about how North Koreans would view his yuhak experience if they do know?

Thank you in advance,
Matty Wegehaupt

Lawrence University
Appleton, WI, USA

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