Kim Yo-jong likely to take bigger role in external affairs following party promotion, politburo return Kim Yo-jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has consolidated her standing within the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea after being promoted to department director and reinstat

Kim's elevation positions her as the likely operational architect of Pyongyang’s hardline strategy toward Seoul and Washington, expert says

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