Kim Jong Un’s younger sister is said to be between 28 and 30 years of age, and she has a powerful new role.
On Sunday, North Korea ‘s state media reported that the reclusive state’s leader, Kim Jong Un, has appointed his younger sister to a new position in the regime.
Kim Yo Jong, who is the youngest daughter of the late Kim Jong Il, was named as an alternate member of the politburo — the country’s decision-making body — within the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.
An expert speaking to Reuters said the move indicates Jong Un is moving people he trusts most to positions of power.
“Since she is a female, Kim Jong Un likely does not see her as a threat and a challenge to his leadership,” Moon Hong-sik, a researcher at the Institute for National Security Strategy, said.
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Public information on Yo Jong is limited. Here’s what we know:
Yo Jong is said to be between 28 and 30 years of age.
Details on Yo Jong are scarce, as were her public appearances during the reign of her father. Yo Jong was publicly identified for the first time in February 2011, and made her debut in state media months later in December, at her father’s funeral.
Since Jong Il’s death, she’s been seen more often alongside her brother at public events.
Yo Jong is believed to have studied in Bern, Switzerland in the late 1990s, Reuters reported, then at the Kim Il-sung University in North Korea.
