Rumors of a Death

She was a stunningly beautiful dancer who caught the eye of North Korea's "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il and became his favorite companion. But as with much of the internal workings of the world's most secretive regime, little else is known about Ko Young Heenot even whether she and Kim were ever married. Now, South Korean authorities are scrambling to decipher rumors that Ko has diedeither of breast cancer following treatment in Paris or by succumbing to injuries sustained in a car accident last year. Seoul has learned that she was seriously ill, according to a source close to government...