Kim Ok

Infobox Korean name
context=north


caption=Kim Ok, the 42-year-old former secretary to North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, seated at the far end of a meeting table, center. (U.S. Department of Defense)
hangul=김옥
hanja=金玉
rr=Gim Ok
mr=Kim Ok

Kim Ok is a North Korean, occasionally regarded (unofficially) as "North Korea's first lady", and has served as Kim Jong-il's personal secretary since the 1980s. She is reported to have started living with Kim Jong-il at some point after the death of Kim's third consort Ko Young-hee.

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

Kim has traveled with Kim Jong-il within North Korea and abroad, such as on Mr. Kim's visit to China in January 2006 where they met Chinese President Hu Jintao.

References

* [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060723/ap_on_re_as/nkorea_leader_s_wife_1 "Report: Kim Jong Il living with secretary"] by The Associated Press, July 22, 2006, retrieved July 24, 2006
*"Kim's long-time secretary is New Korean 'first lady'", Front Page, South China Morning Post, Monday July 24, 2006