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China-Japan-Koreas
3 Women Behind the N.Korean Throne
2014-11-29
Surprisingly enough they're not named "Michelle", "Valerie", and "Susan"...
Three women form a core part of the repressive North Korean regime, loyally lining up behind their tubby brother and husband to fend off challenges to his authority.

They are leader Fat Boy Kim Jong-un's wife Ri Sol-ju, his older half-sister Kim Sul-song, and his younger sister Kim Yeo-jong.

Kim Sul-song is the oldest of the three. She is believed to have been born in 1974, the eldest daughter of former leader Kim Jong-il and his second wife Kim Yong-suk. She studied political economics at Kim Il-sung University. Since the late 1990s, she has worked in the Workers Party.
So she's a sinister, professional hack...
She is believed to have acted as a secretary to her father, managing his security detail and engagement schedule, and now does the same job for Suet Face Kim Jong-un.

Ken Gause of the U.S. Center for Naval Analyses speculates that Kim Sul-song is at the apex of a structure that collects and controls the information flow in the regime.

Kim Sul-song and her husband, Sin Pok-nam, a senior party official, played a central role in purging former eminence grise Jang Song-taek and are now spearheading the reform of the party, New Politics Alliance for Democracy lawmaker Hong Ihk-pyo said last year quoting a North Korean source in China.

Ri, who was born in 1989 or thereabouts, is believed to have been influential in helping Choe Ryong-hae, who had been almost elbowed aside by Hwang Pyong-so, return to the center of power recently. Ri came to Choe's rescue because she is close to his wife Kang Kyong-sil, according to rumors.

There also is speculation that Air Force general Ri Pyong-chol was appointed to the top decision-making National Defense Commission in September because Ri Sol-ju's father was an Air Force pilot. This suggests that she is a vital ally for anyone seeking promotion.

Kim Yeo-jong has taken a key post in the Workers Party, though what exactly her duties are is unclear.
She's also a sinister, professional hack...
Posted by:Steve White

#2  I vote Besoeker for Snark-o-the-day!
Posted by: 3dc   2014-11-29 10:06  

#1  Surprisingly enough they're not named "Michelle", "Valerie", and "Susan"...

Different throne.
Posted by: Besoeker   2014-11-29 03:19