SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Recent statements by the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un suggest that the regime believes it holds a strategic advantage in its stalled nuclear diplomacy with the United States and inter-Korean engagement, South Korea’s spy agency reportedly told lawmakers Wednesday. The National Intelligence Service (NIS) shared its [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister issued a rare statement on her country’s stance on a summit meeting with Belarus on Monday, marking her first media remarks in about two months. Kim Yo-jong, vice department director of the Workers’ Party of Korea’s Central Committee, clarified a recent report [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s spy agency said Friday it is open to the possibility that two children recently seen alongside North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s sister could be her offspring and is currently analyzing the matter. A video of North Korea’s new year art performance, aired by Korean Central Television on [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The demotion of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s powerful sister at an ongoing party congress is raising questions over whether it signals any change in her status in the top echelons of power. During the sixth-day session of the party’s eighth congress in Pyongyang on Sunday, Kim Yo-jong, the [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — After threatening military action, North Korea may open fire to shoot down giant balloons carrying anti-Pyongyang leaflets flying from South Korea, but major provocations are unlikely, such as the 2010 artillery attack on a border island, experts said Monday. South Korea has been on high alert after Kim Yo-jong, [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, has been seen exerting increasing clout in Pyongyang as of late, raising the possibility of her succeeding her brother amid speculation that he may be ill, a legislative think tank assessed Wednesday. In an analysis report of the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The stature of Kim Yo-jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, appears to have been elevated, the chief of the parliament’s intelligence committee said Tuesday, citing the spy agency’s closed-door briefing. Rep. Lee Hye-hoon made the remarks, revising her earlier explanation that the standing of Kim Yo-jong appears [...]
SEOUL, March 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Drones stole the show at the Winter Olympics last month while the lack of local sightseeing options was singled out as one of the drawbacks of the Winter Games held in Pyeongchang, according to a survey of 451 individuals (227 South Koreans, 224 foreigners). Conducted by the Corea Image [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s unification ministry said Tuesday that it has no information about speculation that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s younger sister is pregnant with her second child. Such speculation arose as her belly covered by a coat appeared to protrude when she visited South Korea from Feb. 9-11 as [...]