North Korea’s first lady makes first show this year
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NORTH Korea’s first lady has appeared in public for the first time this year as part of celebrations marking the anniversary of the birth of the country’s founding leader Kim Il Sung, state media said yesterday.
A grinning Ri Sol Ju, wearing what appeared to be a wedding ring on her left hand, was pictured clapping next to her smiling husband Kim Jong Un during a men’s football match at Kim Il Sung Stadium on Monday, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
The images of the couple at a podium flanked by top party officials were published in state media.
The match was being held as part of a lavish series of events celebrating the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Kim Il Sung, the young leader’s grandfather, which falls today.
North Korea designates the “Day of the Sun” as a two-day holiday, with art performances, exhibitions and sports events, and pilgrimages to the late leader’s birthplace in Pyongyang.
A former member of North Korea’s Unhasu Orchestra, Ri was last seen in public in December, when she and her husband attended a ceremony to commemorate the third anniversary of the death of Kim Jong Un’s father, Kim Jong Il.
She has since been out of the spotlight for unknown reasons.
The Kim family has ruled North Korea for nearly seven decades.
Current leader Kim Jong Un came to power in 2011.
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