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Kim Jong-un gives sister Yo-jong 'more responsibilities' - Published North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has delegated more responsibilities to his aides, including his sister Kim Yo-jong, South Korea's spy agency claims. Mr Kim still maintains "absolute authority", but handed various policy areas to others to reduce his stress levels, the spy agency reportedly said. Ms Kim is now "steering overall state affairs", the National Intelligence Service added. However, Seoul's spy agency has been wrong about North Korea in the past. The claims were reportedly made during a closed-door briefing on Thursday to South Korea's National Assembly. Lawmakers then discussed the assessment with journalists. "Kim Jong-un is still maintaining his absolute authority, but some of it has been handed over little by little," the agency was quoted as saying. Ms Kim now has responsibility for Pyongyang's policy towards the US and South Korea, among other policy issues, and is "the de-facto number two leader," it added, although it stressed that Mr Kim had "not selected a successor." Mr Kim's decision to delegate was in part to "relieve stress from his reign and avert culpability in the event of policy failure," it said. However, some analysts have been sceptical of the intelligence, with website NKNews noting that she appeared to have missed two important meetings this month, leading to speculation from some observers that she may have been demoted. Who is Kim Yo-jong? She is the younger sister of Kim Jong-un and the only one of his siblings considered a close and powerful ally. Born in 1987, she is four years younger than Mr Kim. The two of them lived and studied in Bern, Switzerland, at the same time. Ms Kim first gained international attention in 2018, when she was the first member of the Kim dynasty to visit South Korea. She was part of the delegation to the Winter Olympics, where North and South competed as a joint team. She also worked alongside her brother at international summits, including his meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, China's Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump. There's no doubt Kim Yo-jong is on the rise. Some analysts believe the crisis earlier this year between North and South Korea which saw the inter-Korean liaison office blown to bits was manufactured just to give her a major platform. She issued her first public statement in March. It was a scathing verbal attack condemning the South. She later noted that she had been given "power authorised by the Supreme Leader, our Party and the state". She also wrote about the potential for a summit between Kim Jong-un and President Trump later this year, insisting that North Korea did not have the "slightest intention to pose a threat to the US". All of which suggests she may have been given responsibility to influence policies toward the United States and South Korea. Let's caveat this a little. This does not mean she will succeed her brother as leader of North Korea. She is also not the only one to have been given extra responsibilities. Other aides have been handed some power too. It is also worth noting that the intelligence briefing specifically states that Kim Jong Un remains in overall control - he is merely delegating. He will still have the final say. But it is yet another indication that Kim Yo-jong has gone from hiding behind pillars at public events and carrying ashtrays for her brother to being at the forefront of North Korea's foreign policy. How reliable is South Korea's spy agency? North Korea is one of the world's most secretive societies. South Korea's National Intelligence Service may have more intelligence on the North than most other organisations, but it has still had a mixed record. For example, in 2016, South Korean media cited a similar briefing by the spy agency in which it was said that the chief of staff of the North Korean army, Ri Yong-gil, had been executed. Three months later, the South Korean government said that he appeared to be alive, as his name had appeared on a list of party officials. In 2017, the spy agency also admitted it tried to manipulate the result of the 2012 presidential election in the South.
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दक्षिण कोरियाली राष्ट्रपति मूनलाई उत्तर कोरियाको निम्तो उत्तर कोरियाका नेता किम जङ-अनले दक्षिण कोरियाली राष्ट्रपति मून जे-इनलाई प्योङयाङ भ्रमणको निम्तो दिएका छन्। भेट भएमा त्यो दुई कोरियाली नेताहरुबीच एक दशकभन्दा पनि लामो समयपछिको शिखरवार्ता हुनेछ। दुवै कोरियाले 'यसलाई सम्भव बनाउनुपर्ने' बताएका मुनले उत्तर कोरियालाई अमेरिकासँगको छलफलमा फर्कन जोड दिएका छन्। शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्सको उद्घाटन समारोहअघि दक्षिण कोरियाली राजधानी सोलस्थित राष्ट्रपति भवनमा भएको एक ऐतिहासिक भेटका क्रममा उत्तर कोरियाली नेता किम जङ-अनको हस्तलिखित निमन्त्रणा पत्र उनकी प्रभावशाली बहिनी किम यो-जङले राष्ट्रपति मूनलाई हस्तान्तरण गरेकी थिइन्। हृदय किम यो-जङ र उत्तर कोरियाका आलंकारिक राष्ट्रप्रमुख किम योङ-नामको प्रतिनिधिमण्डल सन् १९५० मा कोरियाली युद्ध भएयता उत्तरबाट दक्षिण कोरियाको भ्रमण गर्ने उच्चस्तरीय टोली हो। दुवै कोरियाली नेताहरुबीच करिब तीन घण्टा कुराकानी भएको थियो। दक्षिण कोरियाली राष्ट्रपति भवनका एक प्रवक्ताका अनुसार 'जतिसक्दो छिटो' उत्तर कोरियाको भ्रमण गर्न किम यो-जङले आग्रह गरेकी छन्। वासिङ्टन पोस्टकी टोकियो ब्युरो प्रमुखले ट्वीटरमा राखेको सन्देश अनुसार किम यो-जङले 'कोरियालीहरुको हृदयमा प्योङयाङ र सोल अझ नजिक हुने' तथा 'निकट भविष्यमा एकताबद्ध र समृद्ध हुने' विश्वाससहितको टिपोट राष्ट्रपति भवनमा छाडेकी छन्। प्योङयाङसँग कुनै खाले सम्बन्ध नराख्न अमेरिकाले सोललाई चेतावनी दिएपछि उक्त भेटवार्ता भएको छ। प्योङयाङको परमाणु कार्यक्रमका कारण उत्पन्न तनावका माझ भइरहेको शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्समा उत्तर कोरियाको सहभागिताले सोल नरम बन्दै जान सक्नेतर्फ ट्रम्प प्रशासन सतर्क छ। जम्काभेट संवाददाताहरु भन्छन्- चुनावी अभियानमा उत्तरसँग सम्बन्ध कायम राख्ने वाचा गरेका राष्ट्रपति मुनलाई यो निमन्त्रणाले अप्ठ्यारो अवस्थामा ल्याएको छ। त्यसतर्फको अग्रसरता उनको साझेदार अमेरिकाको इच्छाविरुद्ध हुनेछ। दक्षिण कोरियाली समाचार संस्था योन्हापका अनुसार यसअघि ओलिम्पिक्सको उद्घाटनका क्रममा अमेरिकी उपराष्ट्रपति माइक पेन्स र किम यो-जङबीच जम्काभेट भएको थियो तर दुवैले आपसमा आमनेसामने नभइयोस् भन्ने कोसिस गरेका थिए। सो समारोहमा पेन्स, किम यो-जङ र किम योङ-नाम एकअर्काको नजिक बसेका थिए। रंगशालाभित्र आयोजक देश दक्षिण कोरियाका खेलाडीहरुले उत्तर कोरियाली खेलाडीसँगै मार्च गर्दा पेन्स आफ्नो स्थानबाट उठेनन्। शनिबार साँझ स्वीट्जरल्याण्डविरुद्ध दुवै कोरियाको संयुक्त आइस हकी टोलीको पहिलो खेलका क्रममा दक्षिण कोरियाली राष्ट्रपति मुन तथा किम यो-जङ र किम योङ-नाम उपस्थित थिए। शक्तिशाली बहिनी उनी शीतकालीन ओलिम्पिक्स खेलमा सहभागी उत्तर कोरियाली प्रतिनिधिमण्डलको सबैभन्दा उच्च तहकी सदस्य हुन्। सन् १९५०-५३ को कोरियाली युद्धपश्चात् दक्षिणको भ्रमण गर्ने उत्तर कोरियाली शासक परिवारकी उनी पहिलो सदस्य बनेकी छन्। दाजु किम जङ-अनसँग निकै नजिक रहेकी भनिएकी उनी गत वर्ष पार्टीको शक्तिशाली मानिएको पोलिटब्युरोकी सदस्यमा बढुवा भएकी थिइन्। उत्तर कोरियामा भएका मानव अधिकार उल्लंघनका घटनालाई लिएर अमेरिकाले उनलाई प्रतिबन्धितहरुको सूचीमा राखेको छ। आफ्ना दाजुभन्दा करिब चार वर्ष कान्छी किम यो-जङको उमेर करिब ३० वर्ष भएको ठानिएको छ।