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Ri Nam-ok is a North Korean defector and one of Kim Jong-il's nieces.

Family and early life
Ri's father Ri Tae-sun was a nuclear physicist. Her mother, Song Hye-rang, is the older sister of Kim's late mistress Song Hye-rim. Her elder brother Ri Han-yong, also a defector, was shot to death by assailants widely suspected to be North Korean agents. According to her brother, she was skilled at English and French even before her defection, and began serving as Kim Jong-il's personal interpreter in 1988.