North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been appointed as the Labor Party general secretary. The authority did not change much from the past, but the status increased as he took the same position as Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. Kim Yeo-jung was excluded from this promotion list.
Reporter Kim Hye-young reports.
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Secretary of State Kim Jong-un has added the title of Secretary of the Labor Party.
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Following the first secretary in the early years of power and the chairman of the Labor Party in 2016, the official title of the party was changed to general secretary.
I reaffirmed my position as the supreme leader by taking the position that was left vacant after his father Kim Jong-il’s death.
Some analysts say that they showed a willingness to focus more on the party-centered stance.
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Kim Yeo-jeong, who was also in charge of policy toward the United States and South Korea, was excluded from the position of candidates for the Political Bureau.
Some analysts say it is a censure person, but a high-ranking government official said, “We need to keep an eye on what role we will play in the future.”
On the other hand, Chairman Kim’s closest aide, Cho Yong-won, has advanced from the first vice-president to the fifth-placed standing committee member of the Political Bureau.
It is evaluated that the position of secretary in charge of the US and South Korea has not been announced at all, and the status of Sun-hee Choi, an American reunion, has declined, while Kim Seong-nam, a Chinese reunion, has become the party leader.