North Korean woman marries widowed brother-in-law to honor sister’s dying wish

2026-02-06 - 02:25

The story of a North Korean woman who tried to fill the shoes of her deceased older sister by starting a family with her brother-in-law has gone viral in North Korea. “After his wife succumbed to a long illness, a crew leader at a collective farm in Hwangju county surnamed Kim took his sister-in-law—his dead wife’s younger sister—as his second wife,” a source in South Hwanghae province told... Source