Said she was executed too after six years Kim Jong's aunt

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's aunt has performed her first public show, after six years in about six years, state media reported on Sunday, dismissing rumors that she had probably even been executed her grandson after helping her inherit power from his father.

According to the Korean Central News Agency, Television reports, Kim Kyong Hui's name was included in a list of senior North Korean officials who watched a New Year's Eve presentation with Kim Jong Un at a theatre in Pyongyang on Saturday.

The leading North Korean newspaper also released a photograph showing Kim Kyong Hui sitting near Kim Jong Un and his wife, Re Sol Yu, at the Samjiyon Theatre.

Kim Kyong Hui, 73, was once an influential figure in North Korea as the only sister of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the father of Kim Jong Un.

She had initially kept a low profile during the early part of her brother's rule, but Kim Kyong Hui later often accompanied him on his inspection trips after he suffered a blow in 2008.

While taking many top positions as a four-star army general and a member of the powerful Political Bureau, she was also believed to have played a key role in the rise of Kim Jong Un as another leader.

Kim Jong Un finally took power after his father died of a heart attack in late 2011 at the second transfer of power to the north.

Kim Kyong Hui's fate had been in doubt after Kim Jong Un had executed her husband and North Officer No. 2, Yang Song Thaek, for treason and corruption in December 2013.

His death was reported and remains most important in a series of executions or Purges that Kim Jong Un has created in what foreign experts believe were attempts to remove potential rivals and cement his power control.