An 11-year-old North Korean girl posing as an independent YouTuber keen on spreading “surprising” content about the country to foreign viewers comes from one of Pyongyang’s top elite families, an NK News investigation has found. 

According to South Korean lawmaker Tae Yong-ho, the North Korean vlogger Im Song A is the daughter of a diplomat named Im Jun Hyok whom he worked with at the DPRK Embassy in London. Tae defected in 2016.

Song A’s great-grandfather was an elite military commander named Ri Ul Sol, who was in charge of guarding the Kim family, Tae told NK News.