Kim Sul Song, Kim Jong Un’s older half-sister, has recently begun playing an important role in North Korea’s policy-making, a North Korea watcher has recently argued.

Kim Sul Song has an enormous amount of influence on North Korea’s policy decision-making process, North Korean Intellectuals’ Solidarity Director Kim Heung-gwang said recently in an interview with Radio Free Asia.

Although this does not necessarily mean there is “power-sharing” going on, it appears that she is providing the young leader with influential advice, Kim said, citing anonymous sources in the country.

Kim Sul Song is the eldest daughter of Kim Jong Il’s “official