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Is Kim Jong-un’s sister North Korea’s true leader?

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The Leader of North Korea: Kim Yo-Jong

North Korea said the US was letting loose a hackney gibberish prompted by its brigandish and abnormal thinking. Kim Yo-jong is already in charge of the ruling workers' parties' organization and guidance department, exercising more power than anyone else in the party. She's even being tipped as a future leader. Like the country her family has ruled for decades, it is dripping with mystery. It's a story of intense privilege, but also one of isolation and a great deal of emotional pain.

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