Kim Yo Jong as North Korea’s new “party center”? Not so fast
Claims that a secret succession process may be underway must be taken with a pinch of salt
Joint Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps
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On June 14, the blog of a group called the “East Asia Research Center” came out with a sensational claim: Kim Jong Un may have appointed his sister as successor.
Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own and do not represent those of NK News.
On June 14, the blog of a group called the “East Asia Research Center” came out with a sensational claim: Kim Jong Un may have appointed his sister as successor.
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