Ending months of speculation, Daily NK has
\nlearned that Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un\u2019s younger sister, has been put in charge
\nof idolization projects for the leadership within the Propaganda and Agitation
\nDepartment [PAD], while the head of the group, Kim Ki Nam, has been relegated
\nto a supportive role therein. <\/p>\n
A source close to North Korea in Japan told This news was corroborated by an additional The source added that Kim Jong Un, \u201cIt is said that Kim Jong Un has the utmost Her status as his biological sister places In order to create the opportunity for his Notably, an \u2018advisory\u2019 post has hitherto Kim Ki Nam was appointed to the position of Throughout all of these posts, Kim *The content of this article was broadcast to the North Korean people via Unification Media Group.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Ending months of speculation, Daily NK has learned that Kim Yo Jong, Kim Jong Un\u2019s younger sister, has been put in charge of idolization projects for the leadership within the Propaganda and Agitation Department [PAD], while the head of the group, Kim Ki Nam, has been relegated to a supportive role therein. A source close […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":122,"featured_media":31203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[645],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-economy"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nDaily NK on the 20th, \u201cKim Yo Jong is assisting in consolidating Kim Jong Un\u2019s
\npower, which is what her aunt, Kim Kyong Hui, once did. As vice director of the
\nPropaganda and Agitation Department, Kim Yo Jong is actually in power and
\nleading idolization projects related to Kim Jong Un.\u201d <\/span> <\/p>\n
\nsource within North Korea, but for her safety Daily NK cannot release her
\nregion.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\ncurrently in his fourth year at the helm of North Korea, directly assigned his
\nsister to the project in order to fortify idolization projects perpetuating the
\nregime\u2019s cult of personality, a cornerstone of the system.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\ntrust and confidence in his sister,\u201d he asserted, speculating that Kim Jong Un
\nsaw his sister as the most apt person to undertake the task of promulgating the
\n\u201cGreatest Dignity,\u201d given that she herself shares the legitimating bloodline
\n[Baekdu bloodline] of the North Korean leadership widely and frequently
\nproclaimed by official propaganda outlets.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nher on a pedestal of trust amid the leader\u2019s cycle of purges, which the source
\ndescribed as \u201cindicative of Kim Jong Un\u2019s overall lack of trust among the Party
\ncadres surrounding him.\u201d<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nsister\u2019s rise in rank, Kim Jong Un deemed Kim Ki Nam\u2019s idolization work subpar,
\ndemoting him to an advisory position that, while prestigious, possesses a
\ndecided lack of authority, according to the source.<\/span> <\/p>\n
\nnever existed in North Korea, and was made specifically for Kim Ki Nam, whose
\nage, 89, was also thought to play significantly into his demotion into the freshly created position.<\/span><\/p>\n
\ndeputy director of the Korean Workers’ Party PAD in 1966 and
\nlater went on to become the editor-in-chief of the Party-run publication,
\nRodong Sinmun. Eventually, Kim became the PAD\u2019s director in the 1990s and the
\nParty secretary in charge of propaganda. <\/span><\/p>\n
\ncontinued to head up idolization projects, but speculation of his position
\nsurfaced when he appeared in the audience rather than the podium during the
\nthird session of the 13th Supreme People\u2019s Assembly held back in April. <\/span><\/p>\n