Young sister of North Korean leader takes senior party post
The younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has assumed a senior position in the ruling Workers' Party, state media reported on Thursday, consolidating a third generation of Kim family rule in the secretive state.
Kim Yo Jong, who is believed to be 27, had previously only been named as a party official, but was rumored to have a managerial role in her brother's government.
She was identified on Thursday as a vice director of a department within the powerful Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party in a report carried by state news agency KCNA.
Kim Yo Jong is the only other member of the ruling Kim family known to have an official job within the North Korean government. Her brother is the third generation Kim to rule North Korea.
