SEOUL The former common law wife of the North Korean leader, Mr Kim Jong Il, is believed to be on the run to escape North Korea, South Korea's intelligence agency said. Ms Sung Hye Lim disappeared in Switzerland in a possible bid to defect to the west, the mass circulation Chosun Daily said early this morning.
The former wife has been living in Moscow since 1983, it said, where she has been undergoing medical treatment. Her sister had told her son and
Sung's nephew by telephone in January that they wanted to leave North Korea to avoid harassment by Mr Kim's current wife, Ms Ko Yong Hi.