"The most dangerous woman in the world" threatens nuclear What do you know about the sister of the North Korean leader?

The mystery is not limited to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, but his younger sister Kim Yo Jong has a large share of it as well, highlighting her as a potential leader to lead the government in North Korea one day.

In light of the escalating tensions between the two Korean neighbors over a series of weapons tests launched by Pyongyang recently, the exchanged statements between the leaderships of the two countries escalated with the entry of Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on the line of sharp war of words.

After the South Korean Defense Minister talked about pre-emptive strikes on the North, Kim Yo Jong came out on Sunday, describing the minister as "a man who looks like scum," noting that the South may face a "serious threat."

According to the statement of the South Korean intelligence agency issued in August 2020, Kim Yo Jong is considered the "second man" in power, after Kim Jong Un delegated part of his powers to his close aides, including his younger sister, to supervise state affairs. He assigned her responsibility for relations with South Korea and the United States.

Threat and intimidation

In her last statement, Kim Yo Jong directed harsh insults at the South Korean Defense Minister, who issued statements attacking the northern camp, while state media quoted her as saying: "The senseless man who looks like a scum dares to mention a preemptive strike on a country that possesses weapons." "Nuclear. South Korea may face a serious threat due to the reckless statements made by its defense minister."

Kim Yo Jong's comments came amid heightened tensions between the two rival Koreas over a series of weapons tests in North Korea this year, including its first ICBM in more than four years.

Kim's threats are not limited to Seoul, but he previously warned Washington a year ago against "causing trouble", coinciding with the readiness of the new US administration headed by Joe Biden to reveal the features of his administration's policy in dealing with North Korea, as it criticized the US-South Korean military exercises in the region. .

Who is Kim Yoo Jung?

Kim Yo Jong was born to former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his wife, Ko Yong Hee, on September 26, 1987. Given the years of shared isolation in North Korea, and later while they studied together under fictitious names in Switzerland between 1996 and 2000, her relationship with the current leader Strong and durable.

After returning from Switzerland, she studied computer science at Kim Il Sung Military University.

Her appearance at Kim Jong Il's funeral in December 2011 caused quite a stir when she appeared several times alongside her brother Kim Jong Un. After being appointed a "senior official" of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea in March 2014, she is said to have taken over state duties for her sick brother while he was undergoing treatment in October 2014.

Since 2014, her official rank within the party and the government has fluctuated over time, but her current position in the State Affairs Committee is the highest position she has held so far.

The youngest and the most influential

Kim Yo Jong is a trusted advisor to her brother, and she played a key role during last year's inter-Korean crisis that culminated in North Korea's bombing of a joint liaison office on its side of the border. Prior to that, Kim was part of her brother's team during the 2018 North Korea-US summit in Singapore, and the 2019 North Korea-US Hanoi summit.

During the 2019 North Korean parliamentary elections, Kim was elected to the Supreme People's Assembly, but was briefly removed from the party's Politburo, before being reinstated in April 2020, as rumors of Kim Jong Un's ill health prompted focus on her as a potential leader to lead the government in Korea. North.

According to Kim Yong-hyun, a professor of North Korean studies at Dongguk University in Seoul, the promotion of Kim Yo Jong and others is a sign that the Kim Jong-un regime has ended its coexistence with the remnants of the former Kim Jong-il regime by conducting a generational replacement procedure in key party positions.