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In recent weeks speculation has been building about the fate of Kim Jong-Un’s wife, Ri Sol Joo, who, after appearing quite regularly in North Korean state-run media following her first public appearance in July, has not been seen since early September. A number of possibilities have been floated about her sudden disappearance including that her refusal to wear the required lapel pin featuring the face of Kim Il-Song had upset some of the elder guard in the North Korean regime.