One thing we did learn is that Kim's wife is not, as long speculated, North Korean pop star Hyon Song Wol. Rumors -- yes, we are reduced to rumors, and we're to lucky to have even that -- say that Kim and Hyon got involved a decade ago, but the relationship was shut down by then-leader Kim Jong Il. She hasn't been seen publicly in years despite her high-profile music career; some observers speculate she had to leave the public eye in order to stay close to Kim Jong Un, or for her own safety as boyfriend Kim got closer to his father's throne. But it seems the rumors were false.

That's particularly disappointing, because then the leader of one of the most truly evil nations on earth would be married to a women who is otherwise best known for her 2005 hit single, "Excellent Horse-Like Lady." The propagandistic song (what, you thought North Korea would allow anything else?) has Hyon boasting that she works extra-hard in her factory job like a "well-bred horse maiden." Whether Kim really dated this woman or not (and, yes, there are theories that Hyon is the same person as Ri, though I don't see the resemblance), it's worth taking this as an opportunity to visit her chief work. Below are the video and one MetaFilter reader's translation of the lyrics.

Excellent Horse-Like Lady (or: Well-Bred Horse Maiden)

Our factory's comrades laugh and say

Why, they take one look at me and say

I'm a maiden on a well-bred horse

Even after a hard day's work

(I) don't complain

My skills are truly like lightning

They say I'm the well-bred horse maiden

Today (as usual) I went off to work earlier than everyone else

Wouldn't you know it my name was in the paper!

In the age of flight we fly

This must be an award bestowed upon youth

They say I'm the well-bred horse maiden

In the era of creation borne of the labor party

The cherished new name bestowed upon (my) youth

Seated upon the well-bred horse by the great general

My life to extoll his name

They say I'm the well-bred horse maiden

Seated upon the well-bred horse by the great general

My life to extoll his name

They say I'm the well-bred horse maiden

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