Wife of North Korea’s Kim Makes First Public Appearance in a Year

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju watch a performance that commemorated the Day of the Shining Star, the birth anniversary of the late leader Kim Jong Il at the Mansudae Art Theatre in Pyongyang, North Korea in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Feb. 17, 2021. KCNA via Reuters

SEOUL—North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s wife, Ri Sol Ju, has been shown by state media appearing in public for the first time in more than a year, joining her husband at a concert on one of the country’s biggest holidays.

North Korea’s state-run television channel on Thursday aired footage of the pair at the event marking the birthday of Kim’s late father and former leader Kim Jong Il.