A story of Kim Jong-il's love affair...

[Robespierres Neck]

The Torrid Romantic Life of Kim Jong-il

Yun Hye-yong was a woman beyond the reach even of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il. Yun, the lead singer of Kim's former favorite band Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble, was brutally executed after she spurned Kim's persistent advances and fell in love with another man.

Or so claims Chang Jin-song, an author formerly affiliated with the North Korean Workers' Party, in "Kim Jong-il's Last Woman." Published in May, it is an epic poem that details Kim's private life and inside story of his regime based on the true story of the Pochonbo Electronic Ensemble.

According to the book, Kim ordered Yun Hye-yong's songs to be used for the mass gymnastic performance "Arirang," and attended a concert with her on his birthday. Although many women had found the dictator's favor before, none had ever merited a place next to him at a public event. Kim even sent officials to Europe to buy her stage costumes and accessories. Yet Yun loved the band's pianist. When Kim's agents discovered their relationship by tapping her phone, Yun jumped from the roof of Mokran House, an official banquet hall, with her lover. Although the man died instantly, Kim ordered his men to kill Yun after resuscitating her by any means. She was eventually executed at the end of 2003, while still in coma.


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I'm just curious on what everyone thinks about this story? Truth or fabrication? Either way, it's quite the story.

Apologizes if this has already been discussed.

[Igor]

Well yeah I don't think many RevLeft posters have that much inner circle information on KJI and North Korea, so don't hold your breath if you want to know whether that shit's false or not. But I think it's a good rule of thumb to regard absolutely everything regarding NK to be false unless there's some clear evidence and sourcing for the matter, beyond random hearsay and random stories of those who've left the country.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Moved to Non-Political

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Well yeah I don't think many RevLeft posters have that much inner circle information on KJI and North Korea, so don't hold your breath if you want to know whether that shit's false or not. But I think it's a good rule of thumb to regard absolutely everything regarding NK to be false unless there's some clear evidence and sourcing for the matter, beyond random hearsay and random stories of those who've left the country.

Whereas whenever some story about Capitalism comes about we regard it as truth and condemn in the strongest possible terms. :rolleyes:

[The Cheshire Cat]

I would say it is a lie. North Koreans seem to see their leader as a deity. I highly doubt anyone would say no to Kim. Besides, who could say no to this: http://shanghaiist.com/attachments/shang_kenneth/kim-jong-il.jpeg ?

[citizen of industry]

Whereas whenever some story about Capitalism comes about we regard it as truth and condemn in the strongest possible terms. :rolleyes:

Speak for yourself. I condemn capitalism. I rarely watch the news and never jump on the media driven bandwagon when it comes to some individual scandal. Likewise here, I could give a fuck. Let's assume it's true. Does that change the fact that the US, S.Korea and Japan send the most powerful fleets in the world right up to N.Korea's shores every year and mock attack them, silenced in the press. While N.Korea retalitates by firing an obsolete missile test with their pathetic military that generates gobs of frenzy and "justifies" spending 60% of our taxes or whatever on the US military machine to keep the economy afloat? N.Korea is a third world country. When Japan gets pissed diplomatically they cut off the flow of used bicycle shipments. Yet the media would have you believe Kim whatever means something.

[Vladimir Innit Lenin]

Speak for yourself. I condemn capitalism. I rarely watch the news and never jump on the media driven bandwagon when it comes to some individual scandal. Likewise here, I could give a fuck. Let's assume it's true. Does that change the fact that the US, S.Korea and Japan send the most powerful fleets in the world right up to N.Korea's shores every year and mock attack them, silenced in the press. While N.Korea retalitates by firing an obsolete missile test with their pathetic military that generates gobs of frenzy and "justifies" spending 60% of our taxes or whatever on the US military machine to keep the economy afloat? N.Korea is a third world country. When Japan gets pissed diplomatically they cut off the flow of used bicycle shipments. Yet the media would have you believe Kim whatever means something.

I prefer to focus on the US imperialism in the middle east, tbh, because quite frankly I don't give a shit about North Korea. The only reason NK is so dis-advantaged internationally is because it isolates itself. It has nothing to do with Socialism, it is a de facto monarchy that shits all over its workers. The people I feel sorry for are the ordinary North Koreans; as far as i'm concerned, North Korea the state can burn in hell with all its 'anti-imp', juche fucking chat.

/rant.

[Zealot]

Isolates itself? Nice joke, could have been a comedian. Pity.

But back on topic... I'm not entirely sure what "affiliated with the North Korean Workers' Party" is supposed to mean. Was he a defector? In any case, the source is spurious and it seems rather sensational. Defectors quite often like to write shit about the country they came from and I really don't blame them since it's a good way to make a quick buck. I often hear stories like this about leaders who people are intent on demonising even further. There was one about Ho Chi Minh supposedly having a pregnant mistress killed and dumped which William Duiker found so bogus and ridiculous that, in his biography of Ho Chi Minh, he only mentions it briefly and concludes it was BS. It would be interesting to see what other academics think of this story.

[Pretty Flaco]

"The conditions in the winter were harsh. A cold blanket of snow wrapped around the countryside and put to bed any thoughts of enjoyment. It was during these cold Korean winters that I often found myself emerged not in knee high snow, but in waist high regret and deep in depression. Until I met Yun Hye Yong. She had the presence of the summer sun, radiating her bright warm aura to all those around her. Her company was the fire that heated my heart. The love we had for each other will always linger on my lips, such a sweet taste. My she rest in peace and may she feel the affection of each flower on her grave."

-Kim Jong Il, "My Memoirs"

[MustCrushCapitalism]

"The conditions in the winter were harsh. A cold blanket of snow wrapped around the countryside and put to bed any thoughts of enjoyment. It was during these cold Korean winters that I often found myself emerged not in knee high snow, but in waist high regret and deep in depression. Until I met Yun Hye Yong. She had the presence of the summer sun, radiating her bright warm aura to all those around her. Her company was the fire that heated my heart. The love we had for each other will always linger on my lips, such a sweet taste. My she rest in peace and may she feel the affection of each flower on her grave."

-Kim Jong Il, "My Memoirs"

Well that's just adorable.

[Ocean Seal]

I would say it is a lie. North Koreans seem to see their leader as a deity. I highly doubt anyone would say no to Kim.
The exception being someone who is in love with someone else in a quite conservative country.