I was correct, there is drama taking place.. TV style drama no less. The lover dying of breast cancer as a coup takes place.

] This followed the death of Koh Young-hee, a dancer who
] had provided Mr Kim with an heir-apparent to the world's
] only communist dynasty.
]
] "The loss of this woman was a blow," said a foreign
] diplomat.

] The story of how personal bereavement and international
] crisis became intertwined began with the shipment of an
] elaborate coffin from Paris to Pyongyang during the summer.
]
] North Korean diplomats had ordered it for Koh, 51, who
] flew home to die after specialists at an exclusive Paris clinic
] decided she could not be saved from breast cancer.

The Australian: Consort's death rocks Kim Jong-il