The 31-year-old has risen rapidly through the ranks of the secretive regime to become a trusted lieutenant to her dictator older brother.
Kim Yo Jong was given her first public role by her father in 2007, appointed as a junior cadre to the Korean Worker' Party. Under her brother's rule she has steadily risen through the regime's ranks.
Kim Yo Jong has since been present at several of Kim's key appearances, such as his summits with President Donald Trump in Singapore and Hanoi, Vietnam last year. The South described the test as"unhelpful" and called for a freeze on future launches. But Kim Yo Jong shot back, suggesting the test"was not aimed to threaten anybody" and describing the Southern complaints as"truly shocking" and a"truly senseless act" that would only"magnify our distrust, hatred and scorn for the south side as a whole."
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