Kim Sul-song Net Worth

Background and career

Kim Sol-song (Korean: 김설송; born 30 December 1974) is the daughter of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong Il and Kim Young-sook and a half-sister to Kim Jong Un, the current leader of North Korea. She has been active within the propaganda department, been in charge of literary affairs, and previously led the security and schedule of her father as his secretary.

The name "Sol-song" literally means "snow pine", and was given by her grandfather, Kim Il Sung.

Sol-song was a favourite of her father. Like him, she attended Kim Il Sung University, majoring in economics. She may also have studied in Paris in the autumn of 2005. After graduating, she was assigned to the propaganda department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea. She was in charge of literary affairs: all the signatures on works of literature coming into the department were hers.

Starting in the late 1990s, Sol-song was in charge of managing the security and schedule of Kim Jong Il. She accompanied her father during trips to North Korean Army units and local villages. During these trips, she was observed wearing the uniform of a lieutenant colonel.

Sol-song was described by a North Korean defector as "intelligent" and "beautiful". She has hair down to her waist and is 1.65 meters (5 ft 5 in) tall.