Kim Jong-un's nephew resurfaces with French police protection
North Korean leader's nephew Kim Han-sol has resurfaced on his university campus in northern France
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s teenage nephew, believed to have gone under the radar following the execution of Pyongyang’s No 2 man, has resurfaced on his university campus in France, reported South Korean media.
On Monday evening, South Korean journalists spotted Kim Han-sol on the Le Havre campus of the prestigious French university Sciences-Po, where he was accompanied by several plainclothes police officers, said the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency.
French police not only accompanied the 19-year-old to his dormitory but they also patrolled the premises, asking South Korean reporters to back off, Yonhap said.
Kim Han-sol was believed to have been laying low after last Thursday’s high-profile execution of Jang Song-thaek, North Korea’s second most powerful man who raised the teenager’s father Kim Jong-nam.
Before his execution, Jang had financially supported Kim Jong-nam’s exiled life in Macau, China and Singapore, said South Korean media.
Although Kim Jong-nam is the eldest son of former North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, he fell out of favour and his younger half-brother Kim Jong-un took their father’s place in power two years ago.