The mystery of the woman who accompanied the North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began to unfold. Intelligence sources say South Korea, a beautiful woman named Wol Song Hyon, former vocalist Bochonbo Electronic Music Band, one of the most popular musical groups in North Korea.
Its popularity peaked around 2005 with the song "Excellent Horse Lady-Like". Famous songs of the others in between "Footsteps of Soldiers", "I Love Pyongyang", "She is a Discharge Soldier", and "We Are Troops of the Party".
Hyon suddenly disappeared from the public when Kim Jong Un began touted as a potential successor to his father, the late Kim Jong Il.
A number of reports that Kim Jong Il Kim Jong Un forced to break with Hyon. The singer married a North Korean military officer and had a child.
He re-emerged in early March. In the pregnant state, Hyon perform at an event in Pyongyang to commemorate International Women's Day and the event was attended by Kim Jong Un.
"They knew each other since their teens and rumors that have circulated in touch of romance among the elite Pyongyang," said a South Korean intelligence official told JoongAng Daily, in Seoul.
In North Korea is up to now there has been no news that informs about the identity of the woman who accompanied their leader in a number of events lately.
Intelligence agencies believe the two began a love for about 10 years ago, after Kim returned from studying at an elite academy in Bern, Switzerland.
Instructed to end the relationship by his father, Kim seems to knit again relationship since last December. There is speculation that the Kim government to entrust the management of arts groups to Hyon.
There are no reports about the presence of her husband, their marital status, or about their child.
Earlier reports said the woman was likely Yeo Kim Jong, Kim Jong Un's sister. And, he raised it to the public to introduce it as the closest to the young leader.
Some analysts argue, Kim set up his brother for the possibility of a more influential role in the high echelons of the party and government. North Korean media will recognize it, also official and his title role, in the coming weeks.
However, Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor of Waseda University of Tokyo and author of several books about the North Korean leadership, believing that the woman next to it is his wife Kim. Later he will be formally introduced to the public.
"Most likely, the woman was his wife and Kim tried to show a new style of leadership as a couple, in North Korea," said Professor Shigemura.
He added that Kim did not appear in public in the last two weeks, in contrast to the many times she displayed by the media early in his leadership.
Professor Shigemura argues that his absence might be to discuss strategies to introduce their partner to the people.
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