{"id":4038,"date":"2021-02-17T09:47:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-17T05:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/?p=4038"},"modified":"2021-02-17T09:59:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T05:59:00","slug":"kim-jong-uns-wife-makes-first-public-appearance-in-over-a-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/kim-jong-uns-wife-makes-first-public-appearance-in-over-a-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un&#8217;s wife makes first public appearance in over a year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>North Korean leader\u00a0<strong>Kim Jong Un<\/strong>&#8216;s wife made her first public appearance in over a year, state media reported Wednesday. After speculation, her absence could be coronavirus-related or because of a potential pregnancy,\u00a0<strong>&#8220;Q\u0130A.AZ&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0informs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ri Sol Ju, believed to be in her early 30s, joined her husband at a concert commemorating his father&#8217;s birthday and predecessor Kim Jong Il.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The anniversary celebrating the second member of the Kim dynasty to lead the now nuclear-armed North Korea is known as the Shining Star&#8217;s Day. It is one of the country&#8217;s most important public holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.report.az\/photo\/9ec66804-f718-3261-9a61-18db56de2777.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>North Korea&#8217;s official Rodong Sinmun newspaper published photos of the couple smiling broadly and applauding the performers at the Mansudae Art Theatre in Pyongyang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As the General Secretary came to the auditorium of the theatre together with his wife Ri Sol Ju amid the welcome music, all the participants burst into thunderous cheers of &#8216;Hurrah!'&#8221; the official KCNA news agency reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>None of the audience members or performers wore facemasks in the pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean leader\u00a0Kim Jong Un&#8216;s wife made her first public appearance in over a year, state media reported Wednesday. After speculation, her absence could be coronavirus-related or because of a potential pregnancy,\u00a0&#8220;Q\u0130A.AZ&#8221;\u00a0informs. Ri Sol Ju, believed to be in her early 30s, joined her husband at a concert commemorating his father&#8217;s birthday and predecessor Kim&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/kim-jong-uns-wife-makes-first-public-appearance-in-over-a-year\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Kim Jong Un&#8217;s wife makes first public appearance in over a year<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4038","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4038","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4038"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4038\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/qia.az\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}