The following is an interview between CNN Asian correspondent and Sun-joo Park, the wet nurse to Kim Jong-il. This interview was performed online via gmail chat services.
Sun-joo Park: Hello!
Wolf Plitzer: Hello, CNN reporter Wolf Plitzer
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Sun-joo Park: Sun-joo Park here
Wolf Plitzer: Nice to meet you Sun-joo Park, I'd like to ask you a few questions about Kim Jong-il
Sun-joo Park: Please do, but I may not respond quick, because english not good good.
Wolf Plitzer: Firstly, I'd like to offer my condolences on the death of Kim Jong-il, I've been made aware you were very close to him
Sun-joo Park: hah! I was...when he was small.
Wolf Plitzer: Yes, I understand you were his wet nurse, correct?
Sun-joo Park: yes, correct, until he was 19
Wolf Plitzer: What were your impressions of him as a child? Did he have any interesting personality quirks, any passions?
Sun-joo Park: He was very aggressive, definitely made a mark on me, many marks
Wolf Plitzer: Really? Please elaborate.
Sun-joo Park: [Kim Jong-il] never had friends his own age, the other boys in court, he cling to me, for hours, until his mother realize that I get in way of professional development, then she banish me, to South Korea. I loved Kim, [he was] mean to everyone but me.
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Wolf Plitzer: Hmm, so his mother was very concerned on his political career. You say you loved Kim Jong-il, do you feel this love was reciprocated? Do you think he felt the same way about you?
Sun-joo Park: He couldn't give me what I could give him, so when he came of age, this 19, he took the side of his mother, and this gave me pain.
Wolf Plitzer: Hmm, I see. This must have been very difficult for you. How do you feel about how he ran DPRK?
Sun-joo Park: Once I left, Kim became starved, so it never surprised me that he could starve the North Koreans. It was like a mirror to his thirsty soul.
Wolf Plitzer: You say he was starved, but how? Emotionally, artistically..?
Sun-joo Park: Emotionally, and with great vitamin d deficit.
Wolf Plitzer: Ah. So the lack of a motherly figure in his life led to a lack of compassion for others. Did you ever try to contact him later in life?
Sun-joo Park: Sorry about delay
Wolf Plitzer: No problem. It must be very difficult to establish a good connection half way around the world.
Sun-joo Park: very difficult to establish between Koreas, as you seen! So yes, big wide world too I tried to contact him once, yes
Wolf Plitzer: Please tell
Sun-joo Park: when his mother die, I make crossover attempt
I wrap myself in quilt, carrying nothing but a change of underwear and Kim's favorite pacifier I take from him once. Don't tell him that!
Oh, right...
...too late
Wolf Plitzer: ... I'm sorry; this whole affair must be very hard on you. Do you wish to continue?
Sun-joo Park: No, I do not, the pain pummels me, like Kim's mother used to, when dark and nobody watching
Wolf Plitzer: You've clearly experienced many hardships.
Sun-joo Park: none as hard as the death of Kim or as I called him, Kimchee
Wolf Plitzer: It's clear you cared about him very much. If you were to sum up Kim Jong-il's life, what would you say about him?
Sun-joo Park: If he nibbled away at Korean people's lives, he was only nibbling away at me.
Thank you
Wolf Plitzer: Thank you for your time. Do I have your permission to use this interview in an article?
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Sun-joo Park: Yes, I want my story told, for the world to feed on. I always wanted to see Kimchee again, since 1960. In fact, if not for the Beatles, I would’ve ended it all then.
Wolf Plitzer: Once again, this has been Wolf Plitzer with CNN news, signing off.
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