He's Off The Market, Ladies

North Korea's most eligible bachelor has tied the knot, folks.

North Korea’s state-run news media ended weeks of speculation about the identity of the poised young woman seen with the young leader Kim Jong-un at various recent public events, announcing Wednesday that she is his wife.

The North’s Central TV showed Mr. Kim attending a ceremony honoring the completion of an amusement park in the capital, Pyongyang, with the woman, and identified her as “Comrade Ri Sol-ju, wife of Marshal Kim Jong-un,” South Korean officials said. 

A North Korean state-run radio station also identified the woman as Mr. Kim’s wife. There were no official accounts, however, of when the marriage took place. 

The images were a major shift for North Korea. During the rule of Mr. Kim’s father, Kim Jong-il, most ordinary North Koreans had never seen their first lady on television; many defectors in that era did not know her name or those of any of the leader’s children. Kim Jong-un himself was widely seen for the first time only in 2010, when he was formally introduced as successor to the leadership. 

In recent weeks, North Korean media has shown the woman, stylishly dressed and stately in manner, accompanying Mr. Kim to several state functions. She smiled warmly at people cheering at Mr. Kim and looked at ease while she talked to old generals and foreign dignitaries based in Pyongyang. 

The couple attended a July 6 concert that featured Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters. They later visited a kindergarten together, and paid respects at the Kumsusan mausoleum where Mr. Kim’s father, Kim Jong-il, and his grandfather, the North Korean founding president Kim Il-sung, lie in state. 

Somebody right now at the CIA's North Korea desk is banging their head against the wall going "A WOMAN?!? WHY DIDN'T WE THINK OF THAT!" and scrapping plans for one really cute robot companion/double agent.

Oh well.  Maybe she'll talk some sense into the guy and he'll come around on the whole nuclear thing.