North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's powerful younger sister has been reinstated to a key decision-making body, state media reported on Sunday, marking her rise in the isolated nation. READ | 'Old man' Trump is 'bluffing' says North Korea: KCNAThe meeting to decide on the appointment was presided over by Kim Jong Un, it added. Analysts say Kim Yo Jong is believed to have been removed from the position last year after the collapse of a second summit between her brother and US President Donald Trump in Hanoi. "The restoration is part of Kim Yo Jong's recent rise within the North's hierarchy," said Ahn Chan-il, a North Korean defector and researcher in Seoul. Kim Yo Jong acted as her brother's envoy to the South at the time of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in 2018, which ushered in a rapid diplomatic rapprochement on the divided peninsula.

Source: News 24 April 12, 2020 04:52 UTC