The Most Famous
COMPANIONS from North Korea
This page contains a list of the greatest North Korean Companions. The pantheon dataset contains 784 Companions, 1 of which were born in North Korea. This makes North Korea the birth place of the 57th most number of Companions behind Pakistan, and Cuba.
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary North Korean Companions of all time. This list of famous North Korean Companions is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Ri Sol-ju (b. 1980)
With an HPI of 53.48, Ri Sol-ju is the most famous North Korean Companion. Her biography has been translated into 36 different languages on wikipedia.
Ri Sol-ju (Korean: 리설주; born c. 1985–1989) is the current First Lady of North Korea as the wife of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. Little is known about her from official North Korean sources, but outside sources have speculated more about her background. While she has made many public appearances with her husband, she has also spent long periods out of the public eye. In April 2018, state media had announced that her new title had been elevated from merely "Comrade" (동무) to "Respected First Lady" (존경하는 녀사) – considered a significant honor and the first time the title has been used since 1974. At the same time, she began to take on a diplomatic role.
People
Pantheon has 1 people classified as North Korean companions born between 1980 and 1980. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living North Korean companions include Ri Sol-ju.
