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Dictator's Sister Moves Up, Receives Promotion At Summit Of Ruling Party

October 09 2017

North Korea

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has promoted his younger sister during at a key meeting of the nation's ruling party, reports CNN, citing state media in North Korea.

On Saturday, Kim Yo Jong was named an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Worker's Party at the Second Plenum of the party's 7th Central Committee, the official KCNA news agency said on Sunday.

Kim Yo Jong and Kim Jong Un were born to the same mother, Ko Yong Hui.

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