In 1998, Kim Jong-nam was appointed to a senior position in the Ministry of Public Security of North Korea, as a future leader.
Kim Jong-nam made several clandestine visits to Japan, starting as early as 1995. His father also created a small movie set for him to use. Like Kim Jong-il, he was interested in film: he wrote scripts and short films from a young age. His aunt also said in 2000 that he " not wish to succeed his father". Kim Jong-nam was reported to have had a personality similar to that of his father, and was described by his aunt as being "hot-tempered, sensitive, and gifted in the arts".
North Korea Leadership Watch says he left North Korea to visit his grandmother in Moscow, Soviet Union, and spent his childhood at international schools in both Russia and Switzerland until returning to his home country in 1988. Because Kim Jong-il aimed to keep his affair with Song a secret due to the disapproval of his father Kim Il-sung, he initially kept Jong-nam out of school, instead sending him to live with Song's older sister Song Hye-rang, who tutored him at home. Kim Jong-nam was born on in Pyongyang, North Korea, to Song Hye-rim, one of four women known to have had children with Kim Jong-il.
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