{"id":17349,"date":"2020-04-20T10:19:50","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T01:19:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/20\/kim-yo-jong-the-sister-of-kim-jong-un-fast-becoming-his-alter-ego"},"modified":"2020-04-20T10:19:50","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T01:19:50","slug":"kim-yo-jong-the-sister-of-kim-jong-un-fast-becoming-his-alter-ego","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=17349","title":{"rendered":"Kim Yo-jong: the sister of Kim Jong-un, fast &#8216;becoming his alter ego&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The North Korean leader\u2019s trusted propagandist-in-chief is in the ascendancy<\/p>\n<p>From <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/video\/2019\/feb\/26\/kim-yo-jong-holds-ashtray-for-kim-jong-un-on-pre-summit-cigarette-break-video\">producing an ashtray<\/a> during a cigarette break en route to a nuclear summit to issuing a statement in praise of the US president, Kim Yo-jong has become the single most important figure in the North Korean regime after her brother, the country\u2019s leader, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/kim-jong-un\">Kim Jong-un<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since representing Kim at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/south-korea\">South Korea<\/a>, Yo-jong has not only acquired prestigious titles within the ruling Workers\u2019 party. She is rumoured to be the brains behind Kim\u2019s carefully constructed public image, at home and abroad. In return, she enjoys the absolute confidence of her brother, a leader capable of ordering the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2013\/dec\/12\/north-korea-jang-song-thaek-executed\">execution of his own uncle<\/a> for alleged treason.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/apr\/20\/kim-yo-jong-the-sister-of-kim-jong-un-fast-becoming-his-alter-ego\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The North Korean leader\u2019s trusted propagandist-in-chief is in the ascendancyFrom producing an ashtray during a cigarette break en route to a nuclear summit to issuing a statement in praise of the US president, Kim Yo-jong has become the single most imp&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[41,421,40,222,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-kim-jong-un","category-north-korea","category-south-korea","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17349"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17352,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17349\/revisions\/17352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}