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DAILYKENN.com -- When North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un dies, expect no power vacuum.
Kim Yo-jong, his sister, already seems to have her hands on the reins of power. And that's likely by design.
She is believed to be the architect behind her brother's cult-like public image.
In 2014 she effectively took control of North Korea's government while her brother was undergoing medical treatment.
More recently she accompanied Kim to his two summits with Donald Trump.
Born in 1988, Yo-jong is 31 years old. She was educated in Switzerland and acquired a computer science degree in North Korea.
From theguardian.com ▼ Since representing Kim at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Yo-jong has not only acquired prestigious titles within the ruling Workers’ party. She is rumoured to be the brains behind Kim’s carefully constructed public image, at home and abroad. In return, she enjoys the absolute confidence of her brother, a leader capable of ordering the execution of his own uncle for alleged treason. As the world grapples with the coronavirus pandemic – with Pyongyang continuing to insist it has not recorded a single case – Kim Yo-jong’s ascendancy continues. Last month, she made her first public statement, condemning the South as a “frightened dog barking” after Seoul protested against a live-fire military exercise by the North. And in March, she publicly praised Donald Trump for sending Kim a letter in which he said he hoped to maintain good bilateral relations and offered help in dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. The publication of political statements in Kim Yo-jong’s name underlines her central role in the regime, according to Youngshik Bong, a research fellow at Yonsei University’s Institute for North Korean Studies in Seoul. “It is revealing that Kim Jong-un permitted her to write and announce a scathing statement about South Korea in such a personal tone,” Bong said. “He is clearly ready to allow his sister to become his alter ego.”
