North Korean Leader Kom Jong Un's Sister Promoted To The Country's Top Governing Body

Ms Kim Yo Jong, a key adviser to her brother, was promoted to a position on the State Affairs Commission.PHOTO: REUTERS  

Daily Mail: Kim Jong Un’s influential sister is promoted to North Korea’s top government body – her highest rank yet 

* Kim Yo Jong, 34, was promoted to a position on the State Affairs Commission 

* Nine members of the commission were fired including one vice-president 

* Yo Jong is often seen in close proximity to her brother and is a key adviser to him 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister has been appointed to her highest rank yet at the top of the country's government body. Kim Yo Jong, 34, a key adviser to her brother, was promoted to a position on the State Affairs Commission, amid a raft of changes approved by the Supreme People's Assembly, the rubber-stamp parliament. 

No fewer than nine members of the commission were dismissed, including one of its vice-presidents, Pak Pong Ju, and diplomat Choe Son Hui, a rare senior woman in the North's hierarchy who has played a key role in negotiations with the United States. 

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WNU Editor: Regular readers of this blog know that I have always referred to Kim Jong Un's sister as the second most powerful person in North Korea. This appointment only confirms it. 

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Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader, promoted to nation's top ruling body -- CNN  

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North Korea: the rise and rise of ‘first sister’ Kim Yo-jong -- The Conversation

North Korea News Updates -- December 28, 2020

 

Daily Beast: Kim Yo Jong Is Ready to Become the First Woman Dictator in Modern History 

Kim Jong Un’s little sister has emerged as North Korea’s most outspoken attack dog, securing her place as a possible successor to the leadership. 

SEOUL—The star of the younger sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un has risen so fast and high in the country’s ruling firmament in 2020 as to make her appear as a stand-in for big brother if not his rival for power. 

At 32, four years younger than Jong Un, Kim Yo Jong has made her presence known through shockingly tough statements that he had to have endorsed but she clearly wrote and recommended. 

Undoubtedly her most famous—and most effective—blast was her denunciation in June of North Korean defectors for firing off balloons from South Korea laden with leaflets criticizing the North Korean regime. 

They were “human scum hardly worth their value as human beings,” “little short of wild animals who betrayed their own homeland,” she raged.

It was “time to bring their owners to account” and ask “south (sic) Korean authorities if they are ready to take care of the consequences of evil conduct by the rubbish-like mongrel dogs who took no scruple to slander us while faulting the ‘nuclear issue’ in the meanest way at the most untimely time.” 

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 North Korea News Updates -- December 28, 2020 

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North Korean Party Congress Primer -- 38 North 

Kim Jong-un crackdown: North Koreans flouting Covid rules sent to 'cruel' prison camps -- Daily Express 

Europeans, U.S. accuse North Korea of using pandemic to crack down on rights -- Reuters 

North Korea's economy dwarfed by neighboring South, data show -- UPI 

Fewer ships and aircraft are monitoring North Korea's illicit trade during the pandemic -- Stars and Stripes 

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