<p>North Koreas dictator Kim Jong-Il ordered the execution of all his countrys citizens who had studied in Moscow and knew of the presence of his first love and mother of his eldest son, a highest-ranking defector says.</p>.<p>Kim fell in love with film star Song Hye-rim on a film set in the 1960s. The two began an affair even though Song was married to another man and had a daughter. Song who gave birth to Kim’s eldest son Jong-nam, died in exile in 2002, and rests at a cemetery in Moscow. Now, eight years after Song’s death, her best friend Kim Yong-sun has claimed that after hearing gossip among the elite, Kim became suspicious of all associated with his first love and ordered their execution, The Sunday Times reported.<br /><br />In fact, in the 1970s, Kim’s agents came for Yong-sun and took her and her family to Yodok, a notorious prison camp, she has claimed.<br /><br />After nine years in Yodok, she and her three surviving children were freed. It was not until several years after her release that Yong-sun learnt from a security agent the reason for her ordeal. “The security agent said, ‘Song Hye-rim is neither Kim Jong-II’s wife, nor does she’ve a son. They are all groundless rumours. If you mention this, you won’t be forgiven’,” 73-year -old Yong-sun was quoted by the newspaper.<br /><br />In 2001, Yong-sun was able to defect to South Korea, where she was given a new identity. She believes that the memory of Song Hye-rim will gradually be eclipsed in North Korea as the third son rises.</p>
<p>North Koreas dictator Kim Jong-Il ordered the execution of all his countrys citizens who had studied in Moscow and knew of the presence of his first love and mother of his eldest son, a highest-ranking defector says.</p>.<p>Kim fell in love with film star Song Hye-rim on a film set in the 1960s. The two began an affair even though Song was married to another man and had a daughter. Song who gave birth to Kim’s eldest son Jong-nam, died in exile in 2002, and rests at a cemetery in Moscow. Now, eight years after Song’s death, her best friend Kim Yong-sun has claimed that after hearing gossip among the elite, Kim became suspicious of all associated with his first love and ordered their execution, The Sunday Times reported.<br /><br />In fact, in the 1970s, Kim’s agents came for Yong-sun and took her and her family to Yodok, a notorious prison camp, she has claimed.<br /><br />After nine years in Yodok, she and her three surviving children were freed. It was not until several years after her release that Yong-sun learnt from a security agent the reason for her ordeal. “The security agent said, ‘Song Hye-rim is neither Kim Jong-II’s wife, nor does she’ve a son. They are all groundless rumours. If you mention this, you won’t be forgiven’,” 73-year -old Yong-sun was quoted by the newspaper.<br /><br />In 2001, Yong-sun was able to defect to South Korea, where she was given a new identity. She believes that the memory of Song Hye-rim will gradually be eclipsed in North Korea as the third son rises.</p>