Song Hye-rim
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| Born | 24 January 1937 Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang, Japanese Korea |
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| Died | 18 May 2002 (aged 65) Moscow, Russian Federation |
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| Spouse | Kim Jong-il | ||||||||||
| Children | Kim Jong-nam | ||||||||||
Song Hye-rim (成蕙琳, January 24, 1937 - May 18, 2002)[1] was a North Korean actress and one-time favored mistress of Kim Jong-il. She was born in present-day South Korea, in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang.
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[edit] Biography
Song was born in Changnyeong, South Gyeongsang, during a time when Korea was under the rule of the Empire of Japan.
Song entered Pyongyang Movie College in 1955, but left the following year to give birth to a daughter. She later re-enrolled and graduated, having her film debut in 1960. She became a popular actress in the 1960s, appearing in movies including Onjŏngryŏng (온정령) and Baek Il-hong (백일홍).
Song began dating Kim Jong-il in 1968, after divorcing her first husband; she is believed to have been his first mistress. In 1971, she gave birth to Kim Jong-nam, who at one time was believed to be favored to succeed Kim Jong-il. The birth of this son is said to have been kept secret from Kim Il-sung until 1975.[2]
Beginning in the early 1980s Song travelled to Moscow frequently for medical care. In 1996 Song was reported to have defected to the west, but intelligence officials in South Korea denied the story. She is reported to have died on May 18, 2002.[1][3] Some reports say she died in Moscow.[4]
Many accounts of Song are drawn from the memoirs of her sister, Song Hye-rang.
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- "김정일의 동거녀 성혜림과 고영희". DailyNK. 2005-07-15. http://www.dailynk.com/korean/read.php?&num=8596. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- "성혜림". Empas 인물검색. http://people.empas.com/people/info/su/ng/sunghyelm/. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
- Lee, Ki-dong (이기동) (2005-01-26). "김정일, 외모닮은 김정운 칭찬". NKChosun.com Choongang Monthly Magazine. http://nk.chosun.com/news/news.html?ACT=detail&res_id=58276&page=1. Retrieved 2007-05-23.
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