'Executed' Kim Jong-Un girlfriend reappears on North Korea television

A North Korean singer believed   to be Kim Jong-Un’s ex-girlfriend and reported to have been executed by firing squad last year has  resurfaced on state television, apparently alive and well.

She  was shown on state television delivering a speech at a national art workers rally in Pyongyang.

The singer was reported to have been caught up in palace intrigue last summer having incurred the wrath of Ri Sol-ju, Mr Kim’s wife. The 31-year-old North Korean leader and the performer were said to have been teenage lovers but had been forced to break up their relationship by Kim Jong-il, the deceased Dear 

Then in August, Chosun Ilbo, a South Korean newspaper with close links to that country’s intelligence services, reported that Hyon and eleven other well-known performers had been caught making a sex tape and executed.

But on television this week, Hyon expressed gratitude for Mr Kim’s leadership and pledged to work harder to “stoke up the flame for art and creative work”.

source://www.telegraph.co.uk