Is Kim Jong-un’s sister North Korea’s true leader?
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The Times
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🗓️ 14 June 2023
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Murmurs are emerging from the secretive state that the force behind the dictatorship is female. Could supreme leader Kim Jong-un’s younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, be next in line for the throne?
Subscribers can read Richard's article on Kim Yo-jong on the Times website.
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| 0:37.8 | You might not have thought that much about North Korea lately, but last month, in South |
| 0:42.4 | Korea and Japan, alarm sounded. |
| 0:47.2 | The North was attempting to launch a new satellite. |
| 0:51.7 | They were spooked by it, the US XU defence Lloyd Austin condemned it. |
| 0:55.9 | North Korea's dangerous and destabilizing nuclear and missile programs threatened peace |
| 1:02.6 | and stability in the region and violate international law. |
| 1:10.3 | In response, North Korea said the US was letting loose a hackney gibberish prompted by |
| 1:16.3 | its brigandish and abnormal thinking. |
| 1:20.6 | It was a statement not written by the leader, Kim Jong-un, but by his sister, Kim Yo-jong. |
| 1:27.4 | It's become more and more obvious in the last few years that of all the people around |
| 1:32.6 | him, all these many generals, civilian cardraids, the most important one of all is his younger |
| 1:39.8 | sister, Kim Yo-jong. |
| 1:44.5 | She's even being tipped as a future leader. |
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