Ri, the wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was seen about 5 months later. King Jong’s wife was last seen on 9 September 2021.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s wife and his influential aunt were seen in public on Wednesday as they attended an art performance at the Mansudae Art Theater in the capital Pyongyang to celebrate the Lunar New Year holiday. It was the first appearance of Kim Jong Un’s wife Ri Sol Joo in nearly five months.
According to the news agency Reuters, Ri was seen in a public place with Kim Jong Un on 9 September 2021. News agency Reuters quoted the official news agency KCNA as saying that when Kim Jong Un appeared with his wife Ri in the theater amid the welcome music, the audience shouted hooray. Kim Jon’s wife Ri was seen in a traditional red and black hanbok dress. It happened during the show that she was chatting with Kim and smiling. The couple was also seen shaking hands and posing for pictures with other actors.
The Korean Central News Agency reported on Wednesday that Kim and his wife were given a “warm welcome” after they arrived at Pyongyang’s sprawling Mansudae Art Theater for Tuesday’s concert. KCNA reported that the audience appreciated that Kim was “opening a new world and a new era in the country by turning people’s ideals and aspirations of happiness and building a powerful nation into reality.”
