Who is Kim Jong-nam?

Kim Jong-nam is the eldest son of Kim Jong-il. He spent his childhood in the Soviet Union and studied in Switzerland, Japan and Russia in his youth. In 1998, the 27-year-old Kim Jong-nam officially entered the North Korean political arena and later served or concurrently served as A range of senior leadership positions in politics and technology.

Chinese name: Kim Jong-nam

Foreign name:

Nationality: North Korea

Ethnicity: Korean

Place of Birth: North Korea

Date of Birth: 1971

Occupation: Instructor of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party

Main Achievements: Served as Minister of State of North Korea Head of the Security Department

Served as Chairman of the North Korean Computer Commission

Visited China with Kim Jong Il

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Life Experience

Occupations

Political leanings

Kim Jong-nam’s life experience

The lonely eldest son

The “blood theory” behind inheritance rights

North Korean fashionable young people with high incomes

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Kim Jong-nam

Although Kim Jong-nam is the eldest son of Kim Jong-il, But she was not born to the royal family. Her biological mother was the movie star Cheng Huilin. After she secretly gave birth to Kim Jong-nam while living with the married Kim Jong-il in 1971, she was sent to the Soviet Union. Kim Jong-nam's aunt (that is, Cheng Huilin's sister) ) Sung Hye-ran has been raising Kim Jong-nam and taking care of Kim Jong-nam's daily life. As a child, Kim Jong-nam was sent to a special school for education. The school was established entirely to cultivate the descendants of senior leaders of the Workers' Party of Korea. As the eldest grandson of North Korea's "fatherly leader" Kim Il-sung (reigned 1947-1994), Kim Jong-nam has enjoyed extremely special treatment and protection since he was a child. In his youth, Kim Jong-nam studied in Switzerland, Japan and Russia, majoring in computer science. In 1998, Kim Jong-nam officially entered North Korea's political arena and became the head of the Ministry of Public Security and Security at the age of 27. Later, he also held or concurrently held a series of senior political and technical leadership positions, including chairman of the North Korean Computer Commission, presiding over the overall planning of the country's high-tech undertakings. In 2001, Kim Jong Il visited China. Although Kim Jong-nam went with him, he had other important responsibilities. He and his assistants held talks with China's State Councilor and Minister in charge of the IT industry. Later, he clashed with Kim Jong-il because of his public praise of China's socialist reforms. In 2001, he used a forged Dominican Republic passport to enter Japan and was deported. Since 2002, Kim Jong-nam has been completely relegated to the sidelines. He spent most of that year in Russia, accompanying and taking care of his sick mother Cheng Huilin. From the end of January to the beginning of January 2, 2007, Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun" and South Korea's "Chosun Ilbo" respectively reported the news that Kim Jong-nam and his wife and children had been living in Macau for more than ten years. In addition to the news being paid attention to by the Hong Kong media, Japanese media also began to follow it. His whereabouts in Macau. Around June 2007, 36-year-old Kim Jong-nam returned to Pyongyang from his overseas life and worked in the Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea.

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Kim Jong-nam

From the age of 15, Kim Jong-nam began to participate in official activities as the chairman of the North Korean Computer Commission. When he was 24 years old in 1995, he was awarded the rank of general of the People's Army by Kim Jong Il. After serving as the head of the overseas department of the Ministry of National Security in the late 1980s, in the mid-1990s, Kim Jong-nam was appointed as the instructor of the Propaganda Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party. Kim Jong-nam returned to China in 2007 and worked in the Organization and Guidance Department of the Workers' Party.

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Portraits of Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-nam’s mother and son

Kim Jong-nam agrees with China’s socialist reform and opening up, and Kim Jong-nam respects Kim Jong-nam Japan's successor structure said: "The hereditary system cannot be implemented for three consecutive generations." It is suggested that a collective leadership system may be implemented. Kim Jong-nam said when meeting with acquaintances in Beijing: "If it is a big project to rebuild the economy, the top leadership will not know what they will be scolded for." "They have no interest in the issue of successors, and I will not do it if asked."

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Kim Jong-nam, the eldest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, has been calling himself a “tramp” and “ronin” since a few years ago. According to people who know him, this is an indirect reflection of his own life experience of being ostracized by his younger brother over the issue of succession and becoming homeless.

South Korea's "Central Daily News" reported that Kim Jong-nam mainly travels between Macau and Beijing, living a life of two homes. Life in Macau is quite luxurious. Well-informed sources in Macau said that he has purchased two more homes in the past three years. The seaside villa on Taipa Island where he started living in the 1990s is almost no longer inhabited. It is only used as a weekend villa. He lives with his wife and son (14 years old) in a 330 square meter (more than 100 square meters) apartment near the Macau port. inside. A well-informed source said: "It is reported that the entire apartment is owned by him." The other residence is in Macau, and he sometimes goes there. It is reported that. The main reason why Kim Jong-nam moved was for the personal safety of his wife and son. Kim Jong-nam likes to drink wine when meeting friends. He usually drinks French wine priced at HK$3,000 to HK$6,000. He also got along well with the local Korean expatriate community, adhering to a no-talk policy if politics came up. Local well-informed sources said that although he is usually followed by female guards, after the news that his younger brother Kim Jong-un was confirmed as his successor, he has more personal activities without guards. Before 2006, Kim Jong-nam often went to Macau with his uncle and supporter Jang Song-thaek (Kim Jong-il’s brother-in-law). Kim Jong Nam likes Korean and Japanese food. According to eyewitnesses, he likes to eat ribs and drink soju when he goes to Korean restaurants. But after North Korea's second nuclear test in May, he almost stopped going to Korean restaurants. A relevant person said that he occasionally went to coffee shops and was very popular with the waiters because of his politeness. It is reported that Kim Jong-nam’s wife, who lives in Macau, is a former actress, has extraordinary beauty and likes famous brands. A well-informed North Korean source in Macau said: "I once saw a lady with her son, wearing the world's top designer clothes such as Prada and Gucci." Delete

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Compared with his third brother Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-nam’s life has always been lonely. Kim Jong-nam

According to the memoirs published by Kim Jong-nam's aunt Cheng Huilan in his later years, Kim Jong-nam was born in 1971, the year before Kim Jong-il became a member of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. At that time, his mother Cheng Huilin and Kim Jong Il were living together, and she kept it secret from her grandfather Kim Il Sung. This led to Kim Jong-nam's childhood being very closed. For example, he was unable to attend school with a public identity, and he had to avoid his grandfather's eyes when seeing a doctor in the hospital. It was not until Kim Il-sung's death that the situation began to improve. Kim Jong-nam did not spend long time with his mother. In the mid-1970s, Kim Jong-il fell in love with dancer Ko Ying-hui. A few years later, Cheng Huilin, who fell out of favor, fell ill and went overseas for recuperation many times. During that period, Cheng Huilin's sister Cheng Huilan came to Kim Jong Il's house to take care of Kim Jong Nam. When Kim Jong-nam was 10 years old, his younger brother Kim Jong-chol was born, and a year later, Kim Jong-un was born. In 1994, Kim Il Sung passed away. Kim Jong-nam's world changed. According to public materials, after 1995, Kim Jong-nam began to enjoy more authority than others. He could enter and exit the country at will. Some Japanese media even reported that they had seen Kim Jong-nam in Japan's red light district. At the same time, some sources speculated that Kim Jong-nam participated in the security work of the Workers’ Party of Korea. The outside world began to speculate whether this was preparation for him to enter the core of North Korean power and become the heir.

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In 2000, Cheng Huilan was the first to express to the outside world that Kim Jong-nam had no intention of becoming the leader's successor. Cha Doo-hyun, director of the North Korea Research Department of the South Korean National Defense Research Institute, believes that "bloodline is very important in establishing inheritance rights in North Korea." Cha Dou-hyun said: "Kim Jong-nam has no chance in the succession of North Korea's leader, because Kim Jong-nam was not born to Kim Jong-il's legal wife Ko Ying-hui." In 2003, the North Korean military launched a cult of Ko Ying-hui. At that time, international media generally analyzed that this meant that Kim Jong-nam's origin could not be recognized by the military. Twenty years ago, when Kim Jong Il and his half-brother were both likely to succeed North Korea's leader, the support of the old guerrillas for Kim Jong Il became a key factor in his eventual selection as North Korea's supreme leader. 2001 was crucial to Kim Jong-nam’s fate. That year, he brought his wife and children into Japan with fake Dominican passports, but was discovered by Japanese customs and deported. The scandal was reportedly evidence of Kim Jong-nam's disinheritance. Some media revealed that since at least 2004, Kim Jong-nam, his wife and children have been settling in a high-end villa overseas and have completely left the core leadership of North Korea.

Kim Jong Un's brother Kim Jong Chol was once speculated as the heir by the international media. However, since a song "Footsteps" about the young general Kim Jong Un began to circulate in North Korea in early 2008, Kim Jong Chol quickly withdrew from the competition.

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Kim Jong-nam has chosen a completely different life from his younger brother. In June this year, South Korean media captured Kim Jong-nam for the first time at the Dream Hotel in Macau. At that time, he was wearing jeans, a white-on-black striped shirt, a white beret, and a pair of Ferragamo sky-blue casual leather shoes. He has a beard and does not wear a badge with his father's face on his chest. According to public reports by global media, Kim Jong-nam may be the only high-income North Korean young man who dresses closer to Western society. His younger brother Kim Jong-un is just the opposite. In terms of clothing, style and expression, Kim Jong-un strives to be closer to his father and grandfather. As the next leader of North Korea, he must be like his father. At present, how to become the new loyal leader of the North Korean people is the most severe test facing Kim Jong-un. And brother Kim Jong-nam seems to have seen this. In fact, although Kim Jong-nam has lived overseas for six years, the nightmare about inheritance may continue to plague his private life. If the transfer of power in North Korea takes longer, Kim Jong-nam may need to live a more low-key life. [1]