The Growing Leadership Role Of Kim Yo-jong In North Korea

NBC: Meet Kim Jong Un's enforcer, his younger sister

Kim Jong Un's little sister, who called South Koreans "human scum" last week, is taking a more public and bellicose role in North Korea's leadership.

WASHINGTON — When Vice President Mike Pence attended the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, he made a point of not speaking to the smiling young woman who led the North Korean delegation, even when they were seated a few feet apart.

"I didn't avoid the dictator's sister, but I did ignore her," Pence said at the time, speaking of Kim Yo-jong, the only sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. "I didn't believe it was proper for the USA to give her any attention in that forum."

Few are ignoring Kim Yo-jong these days. To the contrary, U.S. intelligence officials and other North Korea-watchers are scrambling to learn more about her as they assess her recent rise to prominence amid the collapse of the Trump administration's North Korea diplomatic gambit.

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