Kim Jong Un’s sister now ‘de facto second-in-command’ in N Korea

South Korea’s intelligence agency believes that Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving as his “de facto second-in-command” but has not necessarily been designated his successor.
Ha Tae-keung, an opposition party legislator on the South Korean parliament’s intelligence committee, on Thursday told reporters that Kim was helping to run the regime with mandated authority from her brother.
She is now responsible for the isolated nation’s relations with the United States and South Korea, according to an intelligence report cited by the legislator.
Believed to be in her early 30s, Kim Yo Jong is the leader’s only close relative with a public role in politics, recently spearheading a new, tougher campaign to put pressure on South Korea.
“The bottom line is that Kim Jong Un still holds absolute power, but has turned over a bit more of his authority compared to the past,” Ha said, following a closed-door briefing by the South’s National Intelligence Service.
“Kim Yo Jong is a de facto second-in-command,” Ha added, in a transcript of remarks seen by the Reuters news agency.
Source: aljazeera.com

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