Kim Jong Un strengthening position by promoting sister to top decision-making body: Experts

October 09, 2017 2:07 PM

SEOUL (REUTERS) – The promotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s 28-year-old sister to the country’s top decision-making body is a sign he is strengthening his position by drawing his most important people closer to the centre of power, experts and officials say.

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