Posted on 10/08/2017 5:18:00 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Kim Jong-un promotes sister Kim Yo-jong to North Korea's centre of power
Promotion further consolidates family’s power as leader says nation’s nuclear weapons are a ‘powerful deterrent’
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has promoted his sister Kim Yo-jong to the politburo – the nation’s top decision-making body.
The promotion, reported by North Korean state media, indicates that the 28-year-old has replaced Kim Jong-un’s aunt, Kim Kyong Hee, who was a key decision maker when former leader Kim Jong-il was alive.
“It shows that her portfolio and writ is far more substantive than previously believed and it is a further consolidation of the Kim family’s power,” said Michael Madden, a North Korea expert at Johns Hopkins University’s 38 North website.
In January, the US treasury blacklisted Kim Yo-jong along with other North Korean officials over “severe human rights abuses”.
Kim Jong Sik and Ri Pyong Chol, two of the three men behind Kim’s banned rocket programme, were also promoted.
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Reminds me of jebby crying to mommy that it was his turn, the rats grooming michelle Obama and the Clintons pushing chesea
How does one say thanks, but no thanks. We do know he so eagerly enjoys knocking people off his pyramid just to knock them off (pun intended).
Not sure that being part of the inner circle in NK is all that. Getting fired, with an AA gun, is a significant risk.
Thats the wife. Not the sister
Apparently the sister has been sufficiently vetted that he does not fear her taking over his positiin, as he did with his assassinated older brother
Some real world “ Game of Thrones” stuff going on in NK
You bet! It won’t be long before he has his sister strapped on a rocket and blasting her off.
Perhaps she is the replacement in case of...
and what are the Chinese plans
https://www.voanews.com/a/analyst-scenario-china-takeover-north-korea/4060505.html
http://www.whig.com/article/20171006/AP/310069991#
In that regime, doesn’t a promotion generally just bring you one step closer to the wrong end of the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun?
I guess this means she met her quota for murders assigned to her.
North Korean flag officers’ chairs boast integrated ashtrays and antimcallisters. (Does anyone at FR know what an antimcallister is?)
” (Does anyone at FR know what an antimcallister is?)”
It doesn’t surprise me that I don’t, but I was kind of amazed that Bing didn’t know either. So I give - what is it?
Lil Dong’s sister ain’t bad !
Cloth covering on a chair to protect against stains. Very classy amenity!
Guy on front left not smiling enough,will be gone soon probably knows it,didnt buy a new pair of shoes
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