Inside the mysterious life of Ri Sol-ju, Kim Jong Un's wife who probably has 3 children and frequently disappears from the public eye

KCNA via Reuters

Ri Sol Ju is a mysterious woman.

Few details are known about Ri Sol-ju, the woman who in 2012 was identified as the wife of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.

Ri is thought to be 28 now and a mother to three children, according to South Korean intelligence reports. The Hermit Kingdom's secretive government, however, has not confirmed that information.

Ri doesn't appear in public very often. She's usually seen when Kim celebrates missile test launches, and is always photographed smiling politely, wearing clean-cut, pastel-colored dresses.

Ri was reportedly born into an elite family - her father was a professor and her mother a doctor - but little else is known about her life or how she ultimately became the wife of the world's most notorious living dictator.

Here's everything we know about Ri Sol-ju: