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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s sister Kim Yo Jong has been assigned a new title and removed from the country’s highest decision-making body, but after she called out South Korea in an insult-laden tirade this week, experts said her relative power remains intact in the dynastic regime.
State media reported a series of promotions, demotions and reassignments that happened over the weekend during a rare congress of the ruling Korean Workers’ Party, and Kim was left out of the party’s Politburo and assigned a lower rank.
North Korea s Kim Jong Un Promotes Himself, Throws Sister Kim Yo Jong Out of Politburo
Kim Yo Jong s removal from the Politburo proves once again that North Korea is run by a single person, rather than any codified system.
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North Korea s ruler Kim Jong Un has promoted himself with a new title and removed his sister Kim Yo Jong from the country s inner circle of powerful elites, according to state media. According to reports, Kim Jong Un promoted himself to the position of general secretary from chairman on the sixth day of a rare Workers Party Congress meeting.
The name of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister was missing from a new list of the ruling Workers' Party's executive committee, according to state