North Korea’s next leader secretly visited Japan as a child
North Korea’s future leader Kim Jong-Un secretly visited Japan in the early 90s, when he was a child, according to intelligence sources quoted by the Japanese media.
In May 1991, he entered Japan accompanied by another boy, believed to have been his older brother Jong-Chul. They used Brazilian passports and stayed in the country for about a week. They have visited Tokyo Disneyland during their stay.
Jong-Un, then 8 years old, obtained a Japanese visa in Vienna and entered the country under the pseudonym of Joseph Pak.
A number of 10 adults accompanied the children, while their mother, Japanese-born ethnic Korean dancer Ko Yong-Hi, entered Japan a few days later and joined the group.
Kim Jong-Un visited Japan several more times during 1991, using the same method, the sources say.
According to information published by the Japanese press, Jong-Un is now 28 and his older brother Jong-Chul is 30.
Their mother, the third wife of Kim Jong-Il, is thought to have died of breast cancer in 2004.
