March 28, 2024
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North Korea recently promoted Kim Yo Jong, South Korean spy service says

Senior negotiator Kim Yong Chol also reported demoted as foreign ministry's stature rises: NIS

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister Kim Yo Jong appears to have recently received a promotion, South Korea's spy agency reported on Tuesday.

Kim, who serves as first vice director of the DPRK ruling party's Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD), “appears to have been elevated” in position, a South Korean lawmaker said following a meeting with the National Intelligence Service (NIS).

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