The question of succession has the potential to bring the brutally enforced authoritarian structure to the brink of disintegration each time a leader passes away. Mr Kim's children are said to be too young to be even considered for succession.
In the framework of North Korea's political mythology, power is legitimised by the Mount Paektu bloodline going back to Kim Il-sung. The further removed from the country founder a new generation is, the higher the chance a power struggle between party, army and government could escalate. North Korea crisis in words. Meet North Korea's first family. Is Kim Jong-un getting a media makeover?
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Image source, Reuters. Kim Jong-un has received numerous official titles since becoming North Korea's leader. Image source, AFP. The undated image shows Kim Jong-un as a student in Switzerland. North Korea crisis in words Is Kim Jong-un getting a media makeover? Image source, KCNA. State media showed Kim Jong-un celebrating the launch of a ballistic missile in Factory inspections are the mainstay of the North Korean leader's domestic media appearances.
What did N Korea's nuclear tests achieve? Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un: From enemies to frenemies. She is believed to be one of her brother's most powerful and trusted confidantes. Last year, South Korea's National Intelligence Service assessed her to be the country's "de facto second in command" -- but her official status has always been unclear.
She was credited with helping lay the groundwork for the first summit between Moon and her brother, for which she had a seat at the table, and was at Kim Jong Un's side in Singapore when he met then-US President Donald Trump. In , South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers she had been put in charge of relations with the South and the United States.
More recently, as vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, she has made scathing public statements on inter-Korean relations, the new Biden administration , and defended North Korea's missile launches. Chaos in the Koreas sees Kim Jong Un's sister emerge stronger than ever. Last week, Kim Yo Jong demanded the South make "the correct choice" if it genuinely wants reconciliation and development in inter-Korean relations, including another summit.
She also warned the US and South Korea to stop their "hostile" policy against North Korea, before discussions can resume on a proposal by the South Korean President to declare an end to the war between the North and South. But Kim Yo Jong's rise to the top has not been smooth. Earlier this year, she was removed as an alternate member from North Korea's powerful politburo and demoted from "first vice department director" to "vice department director.
Kim Yo-jong is understood to have attended the same private school with her elder brother in Bern, Switzerland, after which she attended Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang, where she studied computer science. She has twice been elevated to the politburo, in to and to In addition, she is also a leader of the Propaganda and Agitation Department, in which capacity she has boosted the cult of personality surrounding her brother as well as making regular statements about North Korean foreign relations.
How much power does Kim Yo-jong actually wield? One incident from June shows the extent to which she can exercise her will in North Korea. Pyongyang's newest residential street now open to tourists. Soju is light in taste, cheap, and not too strong. Does Soju alcohol have the potential to take over beer and wine?
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