Occupation Politician Siblings Kim Sol Hui, Kim Jimmy | Name Kim Han-sol Cousins Kim Ju-ae | |
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Relatives Kim Jong-il (grandfather)Kim Jong-un (uncle)Ri Sol-ju (aunt)Kim Solhui (sister)Gim Geumsol (half-brother) Similar People Kim Jong‑nam, Song Hye‑rim, Kim Jong‑il, Ko Yong‑hui, Kim Ju‑ae | ||
Parents I Hyegyeong, Kim Jong-nam Grandparents Kim Jong-il, Song Hye-rim | ||
Kim han sol interviewed by elisabeth rehn 1 2
Kim Han-sol (Korean: 김한솔, born 16 June 1995) is the eldest son of Kim Jong-nam and a grandson of the former North Korean ruler, Kim Jong-il. His father was the unofficial heir-apparent until 2001, when he fell out of favor with the regime after a failed attempt to secretly visit Japan's Disneyland in May 2001.
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- Kim han sol a future leader of north korea the new york times
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Kim Han-sol's uncle, Kim Jong-un, was named the heir apparent in September 2010, and succeeded Kim Jong-il upon the latter's death in December 2011.
Kim han sol a future leader of north korea the new york times
Biography
Kim Han-sol was born in Pyongyang in 1995 and had an isolated upbringing in China and Macau. Kim Han-sol first came to public attention in 2011 when he was accepted by Li Po Chun United World College, a member of the UWC movement, to study in Hong Kong. Later, he was denied a student visa by the Hong Kong government. In late 2011, due to an admissions announcement by the United World Colleges' (UWC) United World College in Mostar, Bosnia-Herzegovina campus, it was discovered by the South Korean media that one of the newly admitted students to the college was Kim Han-sol, about whom very little had been previously known.
The South Korean media tracked down several online accounts maintained by Han-sol. The content of the accounts were widely spread online, providing stark contrast to his grandfather's regime. In various posted messages on YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, he expressed guilt for his family's role in the suffering of the North Korean people. He expressed guilt about having enough to eat when his people in North Korea were starving, and he appeared to criticize his uncle – the heir apparent – Kim Jong-un.
In October 2012, Kim Han-sol made his first ever televised interview (in English) with Finnish TV network Yle, making several comments about his desire for Korean reunification, and not disputing the interviewer's disparaging characterizations of Kim Han-sol's grandfather's and uncle's rule over North Korea.
As of 25 April 2013 Bosnian Media had reported that Kim had been missing from classes at UWC.
In December 2013 Kim was in his first year of study at the Le Havre campus of France's Sciences Po university. Following the execution of his grand uncle Jang Song-thaek in December 2013 he was placed under police protection. He completed his studies at Sciences Po in 2016.
Han-sol's father Kim Jong-nam died in Malaysia on 13 February 2017, after two women attacked him at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport, and rubbed his face with VX nerve agent, a lethal chemical weapon. On March 7, 2017 a video surfaced of Han-sol that was by a group called the "Cheollima Civil Defense", and though parts of it were censored, he stated that he was with his mother and sister and hoping that it would "get better soon."