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

The Story

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Kim Jong Un's Importance

South Korea says North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's sister is now effectively the second most powerful person in the country. She still has this role as a kind of secretary, but a very powerful one. One pointed out to me once that if you look at footage of these big set piece occasions like the military parades where the leadership are all lined up in the viewing box on the podium, they'll of course be Kim Jong Un in the middle. And then the people close to him are ranked in order of importance. And Kim, you're John, his sister, she doesn't sit down close to him. Who picks up his cigarette ends. Those summits and meetings in the end came

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