朝鮮“第一夫婦”或將迎來第二個孩子

據英國《每日電訊報》報道，朝鮮最高領導人金正恩的妻子近日出現在公衆視線中，穿着和她在2012年底生下第一個女兒前所穿的差不多的孕婦裝，引發公衆猜測她是不是懷上了二胎。

朝鮮官方報紙《勞動新聞報》頭版刊發了近日在平壤舉行的運動會時拍的一張照片：李雪主（Ri Sol-ju）身穿寬鬆的衣服看起來好像又胖了。

“有謠言說李懷上了二胎，已經懷孕好幾個星期了。”東京早稻田大學教授、朝鮮問題專家重村智計告訴《每日電訊報》。

“這沒有什麼好驚奇的，因爲金正恩需要一個兒子來繼承自己，”他說，“女兒不能繼承他是絕對的，所以他的妻子需要生一個兒子。”

李雪主曾是朝鮮普天堡電子樂團主唱，她最近開始漸漸退出大衆視線，就像她懷第一胎時沒有和金正恩一起視察一樣。

據說金正恩2010年和其他女人育有另外一女。

金正恩的第二個女兒出生時候正逢朝鮮大量進口瑞士和德國的高端嬰兒產品。

The wife of Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, has appeared in public wearing what appears to be the same maternity dress she wore shortly before she gave birth to a daughter in late 2012, giving rise to speculation that she is once again pregnant.

In a photograph on the front page of the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper taken at a recent sporting event in Pyongyang, Ri Sol-ju is wearing loose-fitting clothing and appears to have put on weight again.

"There have been rumours that Ri is pregnant again for a few weeks now," Toshimitsu Shigemura, a professor at Tokyo's Waseda University and an authority on North Korean affairs, told The Telegraph.

"This is not really a surprise as Kim needs a son as a successor for the dynasty that has ruled North Korea since it was founded by his grandfather, Kim Il-sung," he said. "It's absolutely impossible that a daughter could take over as leader, so his wife needs to give birth to a son."

Formerly the lead singer with the Ponchonbo Electronic Ensemble, Ri has been out of the North Korean spotlight again in recent weeks, similar to how she disappeared from her husband's side as he carried out "on-the-spot guidance tours" to state farms, industrial facilities and military units during her first pregnancy.

As well as fathering a child with Ri, Kim is believed to have another daughter, born in 2010 to a different mother.

The birth of Kim's second daughter coincided with a surge in imports of high-end Swiss and German baby products.

No photos have emerged of the couple's baby, which analysts attribute to the ongoing three-year period of official mourning for Kim's father, Kim Jong-il, who died in December 2011.