Kim gives a senior party post to sister
Kim promotes sister to party politburo, vows to fight ‘US imperialism’
Seoul, Oct. 8: North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has promoted his sister to a senior ruling party post, state media said on Sunday, and praised the country’s nuclear weapons programme which has sparked international alarm.
Kim Yo-Jong has now become an alternate member of the party’s decision-making body presided over by her brother.
Seoul, Oct. 8: North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has promoted his sister to a senior ruling party post, state media said on Sunday, and praised the country’s nuclear weapons programme which has sparked international alarm.
Kim Yo-jong becomes an alternate member of the party’s powerful politburo, the decision-making body presided over by her brother, the official KCNA news agency said.
The promotion was announced along with those for dozens of other top officials at a party meeting on Saturday.
It came as the regime faces growing global pressure to curb its weapons drive following recent nuclear and missile tests.
Tensions soared as Kim traded verbal threats with US President Donald Trump recently.
The sister, in her late 20s, has frequently been seen accompanying her brother on his “field guidance trips” and other events and is known to have been involved in the party’s propaganda operations.
Both were born to the late former ruler Kim Jong-il and his third partner, former dancer Ko Yong-hui.
North’s missile and nuclear weapons have made significant progress under Mr Kim, despite a growing layer of UN sanctions.
During Saturday’s party meeting, Mr Kim acknowledged the country faced with “ordeals” under a “stern” situation, but claimed that its economy had grown this year despite ever-tighter sanctions. He described the North’s atomic weapons as a “treasured sword” to protect it from aggression.
“The nuclear weapons of the DPRK are a precious fruition borne by its people’s bloody struggle for defending the destiny and sovereignty of the country from the protracted nuclear threats of the US imperialists,” Mr Kim was quoted as saying.