Kim Jong-Un's aunt makes her first public 外見 since the 死刑執行 of her husband in a 嫌疑者,容疑者/疑うd 粛清する six years ago

  • Kim Kyong-hui disappeared from public 見解(をとる) since 2013 after husband killed
  • She was spotted at a 業績/成果 celebrating the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang?
  • Many had assumed that Kim Kyong Hui had gone into 追放する or even been killed?

The aunt of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un has been seen in public for the first time since the 死刑執行 of her husband in 2013.?

Kim Kyong Hui is the daughter of North Korea's 創立者, Kim ll-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il.?

She had 大部分は disappeared from public 見解(をとる) since 2013, after Kim Jong-Un ordered the 死刑執行 of her husband, Jang Song Thaek, seen as the second most powerful man in the North at the time.

On Sunday, 明言する/公表する マスコミ showed Kim Kyong Hui sitting 近づく Kim Jong-Un at a 業績/成果 celebrating the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang.

On Sunday, state media showed Kim Kyong Hui (right) sitting near Kim Jong-Un at a performance celebrating the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang

On Sunday, sta te マスコミ showed Kim Kyong Hui (権利) sitting 近づく Kim Jong-Un at a 業績/成果 celebrating the Lunar New Year in Pyongyang

North Korea's main newspaper also 解放(する)d a photo showing Kim Kyong Hui sitting 近づく Kim Jong-Un and his wife, Ri Sol Ju, at the Samjiyon Theater.?

Oliver Hotham, managing editor of NK News, a ソウル-based organisation that 監視するs North Korea said: 'Many North Korea 選挙立会人s had assumed that Kim Kyong Hui had gone into 追放する or had even been killed in the wake of her husband's death, so to see her pop up by the leader's 味方する some six years later is certainly a surprise.'

Kim Kyong Hui and her husband were major players within the North Korean 明言する/公表する at the time of their 甥's ascension to 力/強力にする nearly a 10年間 ago.

She had largely disappeared from public view since 2013, after Kim Jong-Un ordered the execution of her husband, Jang Song Thaek (pictured), seen as the second most powerful man in the North at the time

She had 大部分は disappeared from public 見解(をとる) since 2013, after Kim Jong-Un ordered the 死刑執行 of her husband, Jang Song Thaek (pictu red), seen as the second most powerful man in the North at the time

Kim Jong-Un 後継するd his father as leader in 2011, and it was 広範囲にわたって believed that Mr Jang was one of his 助言者s during the 移行.

Two years into the new leader's 支配する, Mr Jang was 除去するd from a 会合 by 武装した guards. 公式の/役人 声明s (人命などを)奪う,主張するd he had 自白するd to plotting to 倒す the 明言する/公表する, and that he had been すぐに 遂行する/発効させるd.

Many 観察者/傍聴者s of the North Korean 明言する/公表する believe he may have been considered a 脅し to the young leader, and killed as part of a 粛清する.

Some North Korean monitoring groups in Seoul and foreign media outlets had speculated Kim Jong-Un (pictured) had his aunt also executed or purged, or that she died of health problems

Some North Korean 監視するing groups in ソウル and foreign マスコミ 出口s had 推測するd Kim Jong-Un (pictured) had his aunt also 遂行する/発効させるd or 粛清するd, or that she died of health problems

Kim Kyong Hui's reappearance in a position of prominence 示唆するs she has 保持するd, or at least 回復するd an 影響力のある position behind the scenes, Hotham said, 公式文書,認めるing that 明言する/公表する マスコミ 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d her after North Korea's 名目上の No. 2, Choe Ryong Hae.

'The fact that she's sitting 権利 next to the leader and is 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる)d second after Choe Ryong Hae 示唆するs she might have been 認めるd a 重要な new position, 潜在的に advising Kim Jong-Un on 経済的な or political 問題/発行するs,' he sa id.

Kim Kyong-hui (pictured in 2010) is the daughter of North Korea's founder, Kim ll-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il

Kim Kyong-hui (pictured in 2010) is the daughter of North Korea's 創立者, Kim ll-sung, and sister to former leader Kim Jong-il

'It's also a 思い出の品 of how weird and 残虐な North Korea is, after all she's sitting next to the man who ordered her husband's 死刑執行.'

Kim Kyong Hui held a slew of 最高の,を越す 地位,任命するs such as a four-星/主役にする army general and a 判決,裁定 労働者s' Party departmental director.?

She was also believed to have played a 重要な 役割 in grooming Kim Jong-Un as the next leader after Kim Jong-il 苦しむd a 一打/打撃 in 2008.?

Some North Korean 監視するing groups in ソウル and foreign マスコミ 出口s had 推測するd Kim Jong-Un had his aunt also 遂行する/発効させるd or 粛清するd, or that she died of health problems.??

Outside 専門家s said Kim Kyong Hui had long 苦しむd from 肝臓 and heart problems and high 血 圧力.?

Kim Jong-Un is 直面するing a year of 極度の慎重さを要する international and 国内の politics, as denuclearisation 会談 with the 部隊d 明言する/公表するs remain 立ち往生させるd and international 許可/制裁s 制限する North Korea's economy.

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