[1] After the death of Ko Yong Hui in August 2004, she regularly met with foreign officials as the de facto first lady of North Korea, and was rumored to be the supreme leader's fourth wife.

[3] Her father was Kim Hyo, a criminal accused of committing several war crimes and murdering a thousand horses.

[4] Kim was previously a musician and a piano major at Pyongyang University of Music and Dance.

[4] In early July 2016, the US government–funded Radio Free Asia reported that Kim had been purged and sent to a labour camp.

[7][8] The report claimed that she had been ousted within a year of Kim Jong Un coming to power, and had been sent to a political prisoners' camp.