Kim Yeo Jung

Kim Yeo Jung (according to Kontsevich Kim Yeo-jung or Kim Yeo Jung; genus. 1988) - North Korean political, state and party leader, 1st deputy director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK), candidate member of the Politburo of the Central Committee of the WPK.

Kim Yeo-jong is the sister of the Supreme Leader of the DPRK Kim Jong-un.

Kim Yeo Jung's biography contains many interesting facts that will be discussed in this article.

So, here is a short biography of Kim Yeo Jung.

Biography of Kim Yeo Jung

Kim Yeo-jong was born on September 26, 1988 in Pyongyang. She grew up in the family of Kim Jong Il and his third wife, Ko Young Hee. She has 2 brothers - Kim Jong Un and Kim Jong Chol.

Yeo Jung's parents loved, encouraging her daughter to practice ballet and learn a foreign language. During the period of her biography 1996-2000, she studied with her brothers in Bern, the Swiss capital.

An interesting fact is that during her stay abroad, little Kim Yeo Jung lived under the fictitious name "Park Mi Hyang." According to a number of biographers, it was then that she developed a warm relationship with her older brother and future head of the DPRK Kim Jong-un.

After returning home, Yeo Jeong continued her studies at a local university, where she studied computer science.

Career and politics

When Kim Yeo-jung was about 19 years old, she was approved for an insignificant position in the Workers' Party of Korea. After 3 years, she was among the participants of the 3rd TPK conference.

However, special attention was paid to the girl during the funeral ceremony of Kim Jong Il at the end of 2011. Then she was repeatedly present next to Kim Jong-un and other high-ranking officials of the DPRK.

In 2012, Kim Yeo-jung was entrusted with a post in the National Defense Commission as a travel manager. However, it was not until the spring of 2014 that they first started talking about her officially. The reason for this was that she never left her brother in the local elections.

It is curious that then journalists designated the Korean woman as an “influential official” of the Central Committee of the WPK. It was later revealed that at the beginning of the same year she was appointed to lead the department in the party responsible for financing the DPRK army.

According to a number of sources, in the fall of 2014, Kim Yeo-jung acted as acting head of state due to her brother being treated. Then she became the deputy head of the propaganda department of the TPK.

The following year, Yeo Jung became Kim Jong Un's vice minister. She did not leave her brother at all official ceremonies and other important events. Her biographers suggest that the Korean woman is engaged in the development of the personality cult of the head of the republic, using various resources for this.

In 2017, Kim Yeo-jung was blacklisted by the US Treasury for human rights violations in the North Korean republic. Then she became a candidate for the post of a member of the Politburo of the WPK. An interesting fact is that this was the 2nd case in the history of the country when this position was held by a woman.

In the winter of 2018, Yeo Jeong participated in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in South Korea. By the way, this was the only case when a representative of the dominant dynasty visited the South. Korea after the Korean War (1950-1953). At a meeting with Moon Jae-in, she gave him a secret message written by her brother.

The conversation of high-ranking officials of North and South Korea was discussed in all the world media, and was also broadcast on television. Journalists wrote about the thaw in relations between fraternal peoples, as well as about their possible rapprochement.

Personal life

It is known that Kim Yeo Jong is the wife of Choi Sung, one of the sons of the DPRK statesman and military leader Choi Ren Hae. By the way, Ren He is a hero of the DPRK and vice-marshal of the People's Army.

In May 2015, the girl gave birth to a child. There are no other interesting facts from her biography yet.

Kim Yeo Jung today

Kim Yeo Jung is still Kim Jong Un's confidant. In the recent parliamentary elections, she was elected to the Supreme People's Assembly.

In the spring of 2020, when a lot of news about the alleged death of the DPRK leader appeared in the media, many experts called Kim Yeo Jong the successor of her brother. This indicated that if Chen Un really passed away, all power would obviously be in the hands of the girl.

However, when Yeo Jeong appeared with her older brother on May 1, 2020, interest in her person faded somewhat.