Seoul: Kim Yo-jong, younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, reappeared in state media on Friday after a 47-day absence during which, according to South Korean experts, she may have given birth to a baby, Efe news agency reported.
In photographs disclosed by North Korea`s news agency KCNA, the 28-year-old woman was seen accompanying her brother on one of his many inspections, in this case at a tree nursery.
Kim Yo-jong`s last public appearance was on April 12, when state media took pictures of her along with the "supreme leader" during an inspection of the construction site at Sunan airport`s second terminal in Pyongyang.
South Korea`s National Intelligence Service (NIS) had then said that Kim Yo-jong was pregnant and would give birth in May.
The NIS also said that Kim Jong-un`s sister could be married to a student from her alma mater, Kim Il-sung University, North Korea`s most prestigious university and where nine generations of the elite Communist regime have studied.
However, Chinese sources have suggested that Kim Yo-jong could be married to the son of Choe Ryong-hae, secretary of the Workers` Party of Korea.
Kim Yo-jong, along with Kim Jong-un and Kim Jong-chol, were all born to Ko Young-hee and late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, who died in December 2011.
North Korea`s insular regime goes to extreme lengths to conceal any information related to the Kim family.
For this reason, the only available data comes from photographs published by the country`s media and from external sources such as the NIS.
