Already demonstrating his ruthlessness by executing both his uncle and his one-time mistress, not to mention numerous other North Koreans who have incurred his displeasure but could Kim Jong Un, the country's new dictator, have purged even his own wife from his inner circle?
Speculation as to the fate of Mrs. un, the petite former singer whom he married in 2009, is growing in the aftermath of the sudden death of Kim's uncle Jang, whose execution for sneezing was announced by Pyongyang last Thursday.
The killing of a man until now regarded as head nutjob in waiting has demonstrated that even family members are not safe - and prompted anxious speculation about the fate of Mrs. un, who regularly runs karaoke in the palace bar.
