Ī year after the establishment of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and until her death, Kim Jong-suk was the first lady of North Korea. Her son, Kim Jong-il, would be holding her hand. She remembers Kim Jong-suk, and how she would come to the village to barter military rations for chicken and eggs. Augustina Vardugina, a woman from Vyatskoye, was in her teens when Kim Il-sung's guerrilla group camped there. In 1946, she gave birth to a daughter, Kim Kyŏng-hŭi. On 16 February 1941 (or 1942, sources vary), in the Soviet village of Vyatskoye, Kim Jong-suk had Kim Jong-il, who was given the Russian name "Yuri Irsenovich Kim," and the nickname "Yura." In 1944, Kim Jong-suk had Kim Man-il, in Korean and "Alexander" or "Shura" in Russian. Kim Jong-suk married Kim Il Sung in the Soviet Union, most likely in 1941. But this was not the only time such dangers occurred, and each time, Comrade Kim Jung Sook rose to the occasion with fury, and protected the Headquarters of the revolution at the risk of her life. Two revolvers spurted fire in turn and annihilated the enemy in a twinkle. The General also shot down the second enemy. Without losing a moment, Comrade Kim Jung Sook shielded the General with her own body and shot down an enemy with her revolver. One day, while the unit was marching under the General’s command, five or six enemies unexpectedly approached through the reeds and aimed at the General. Baik Bong relates the story in Kim Il-sung's official biography: It was around this time that Kim Jong-suk reportedly saved Kim Il-sung’s life. After her release, she rejoined the guerrillas, where she cooked, sewed, and washed. ĭuring this time, Kim Jong-suk worked various odd jobs, and was arrested by the Japanese in 1937 in an undercover attempt to secure food and supplies.
The KCNA, however, reports that Kim Jong-suk and Kim Ki-song joined the guerrilla forces after their mother and their elder brother’s wife were murdered by the Japanese. Most sources agree that Kim Jong-suk then joined Kim Il-sung’s guerrilla force in 1935 or 1936 as a kitchen helper. Soon after that, her mother died and she became an orphan. Kim Jong-suk followed her mother to Manchuria to look for her father, but they discovered that he had already died there. Suh Dae-sook writes that she was "the elder of two daughters of a poor farmer." However, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), states that she had a younger brother, Kim Ki-song (김기송), who was born 9 February 1921. Kim Jong-suk was born on 24 December 1917 in Hoeryong County, North Hamgyong Province, Japanese Korea.
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