Kim Yo-jong is a ‘walking life insurance policy’ for the North Korean dictator (Picture: Jorge Silva/AP)
Kim Jong-un’s sister is said to be puppet master pulling the strings instead of the North Korean dictator.
The despot’s sister Kim Yo-jong could be the real brains behind the secretive East Asian country.
While Kim Yo-jong was a bright student, the dictator slacked off school, an expert has revealed.
The first biography of Kim Yo-jong has revealed new embarrassing details about the belligerent leader during the siblings’ shielded youth in Switzerland under fake identities.
The dictator’s younger sister (Picture: Pen News)
Dr Sung-Yoon Lee, author of the new book ‘The Sister,’ said: ‘I view Kim Yo-jong as the brains behind the family operation.
‘When the two lived in Switzerland, about 1996 to early 2001, Kim Yo-jong was very studious. She was a good student.
‘She speaks English very well – I heard from at least two Americans who have come face to face in contact with her, and even held hours-long meetings with her and her brother.
‘Whereas the brother does not speak a word of English, he does not speak German, he was a poor student – often skipped class, didn’t go to school at all.
It was Kim Yo-jong who was thought to be a potential successor to her brother – until the dictator revealed his daughter Kim Ju-ae to the public as part of a carefully orchestrated show of power.
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She is thought to be the smart one compared to dopey Kim Jong-un (Picture: KCNA/KNS/AFP)
However, Kim Yo-jong has not been cast aside.
Dr Lee, a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson Center, believes the 36-year-old sister is still in the running because Kim Ju-ae is still only a pre-teen, although her exact age has not been revealed.
There could be a bloodbath if she gets into power, Dr Lee told told in an interview with the Pen News Youtube channel.
He said: ‘Only a direct-line descendant of the state founder, Kim Il-sung, has the divine right to rise to assume the throne.
‘For the foreseeable future, until one of Kim Jong-un’s children becomes an adult in their mid-20s or late 20s, there is only one person that fits that bill.
‘Someone that is a direct-line descendant, is an adult, is capable, and has long played a crucial role in government – and that is Kim Yo-jong.’
The ruling siblings (Picture: Pen News)
He continued: ‘Will she be more compliant? Will she be more pleasant? I don’t know, but I’m quite skeptical.
‘We’ve seen in the early phase of the previous and current North Korean leaders: purges, bloodbaths.
‘With Kim Jong-un’s ascent to the throne in late 2011, early 2012, we saw over the next three or four years hundreds of purges of the senior-most officials, generals and so on.’
‘Co-crime boss’
Kim Yo-jong has a important role in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and she is thought to be the face of a potential future charm offensive should it become necessary.
According to Dr Lee, Kim Yo-jong became a walking life insurance policy for her brother after his Covid-19 scare – ready to rule in the event of his death.
And her rapid rise during the pandemic years has made her the ‘co-crime boss’ of North Korea, he said.
As an example of her cunning, Dr Lee highlighted her charm offensive against neighbouring South Korea in 2018, when she visited for the PyeongChang Winter Olympics.
He said: ‘She was the good cop to her bad cop brother in 2018 when she visited South Korea appearing warm.
Kim Jong-un and Kim Yo-jong attend a meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Peace House at the truce village of Panmunjom inside the demilitarized zone on April 27, 2018 (Picture: Reuters)
‘But as of 2020, she’s assumed the role of even worse cop to her brother’s bad cop.’
In this new, more sinister role, she blew up the joint-liaison building funded by South Korea on North Korean soil, and warned she would send troops to the border.
Dr Lee said: ‘About 10 days later, Kim Jong-un dramatically announced ‘we will suspend that plan for now.’
‘Thus, Kim Jong-un came across as the more restrained, the more reasonable individual to his bellicose sister.
‘I say this is a very clever role reversal, because there will come a time, as there always has in the past, when North Korea reverts dramatically to a post-provocation peace ploy.
‘And most likely, Kim Yo-jong will be the face of that sunny-disposition charm offensive.’
The closed-up country sank to a new low in its antics against South Korea after sending hundreds of ‘poo balloons’ over the border.
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