North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Gives More Power To Mysterious Sister Amid War Threats Against U.S.
North Korea, Asia (NewsWeek)- North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Gives More Power To Mysterious Sister: Kim Jong Un promoted four of his closest advisers to North Korea’s powerful ruling body over the weekend, signaling that the young leader is eager to surround himself with loyalists working to affirm his rule over the isolated country that has been controlled by his family for decades. With the move, Kim rewarded his foreign minister and two of the three men behind North Korea’s rocket program, as well as his younger sister.
The power shuffle comes as the United States and North Korea have traded heated rhetoric for months, raising concerns that the two nuclear-armed nations could set off a global conflict that could result in the death of millions of people. Most recently, North Korea said Saturday its nuclear weapons could be used for self-defense, while President Donald Trump said last week that “only one thing will work” in quelling Kim’s nuclear ambitions. Trump didn’t clarify his remarks.