N. Korean leader's sister Kim Yo-jong promoted to party department head at congress

▲ This undated file image captured from the website of the Korean Central News Agency shows Kim Yo-jong, the powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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N. Korean leader's sister Kim Yo-jong promoted to party department head at congress

By Park Boram

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, Kim Yo-jong, has been promoted to department head at the ruling Workers' Party of Korea during the ongoing party congress, state media reported Tuesday.

The Korean Central News Agency published a press release from the first plenary meeting of the ninth central committee of the ruling party, naming Kim Yo-jong as one of the 17 department directors of the party's new central committee.

She was previously vice department director at the committee.

The plenary meeting was held the previous day as part of the ongoing party congress, which kicked off last Thursday to review policy outcomes from the previous 2021 congress and set new goals for the next five years.

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