Kim Yo Jong named WPK General Affairs Department head: promotion or demotion?

2026-03-17 - 15:10

North Korea’s state media disclosed last week that Kim Jong Un’s younger sister has been appointed head of the General Affairs Department of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK), prompting South Korean media outlets to widely characterize the move as a promotion. But a closer look at the role and the optics surrounding it suggests a more complicated picture. The Korean Central News Agency... Source