North Korea’s main newspaper also released a photo showing Kim Kyong-hui sitting near Kim Jong-un and his wife, Ri Sol-ju, at the Samjiyon Theater. Kim Kyong-hui, 73, was once an influential figure in North Korea as the only sister of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, the father of Kim Jong-un. Kim Kyong-hui’s fate had been in doubt after Kim Jong-un had her husband and then-North Korea’s No. Days after Jang’s execution, Kim Kyong-hui’s name was mentioned in a KCNA dispatch as a member of a funeral committee for another top official. Outside experts said Kim Kyong-hui had long suffered from liver and heart problems and high blood pressure.

Source: Taipei Times January 26, 2020 15:56 UTC