Facebook Twitter Pinterest Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, attends an opening ceremony of a newly constructed residential complex in Ryomyong street in Pyongyang, North Korea April 13, 2017. Like other members of the regime, verifiable information about Kim Yo-jong’s life is hard to come by. Several accounts say she attended primary school in Berne, Switzerland, in the late 1990s – the same time as Kim Jong-un – before studying computer science at the prestigious Kim Il-sung University in Pyongyang. Her father attempted to ease her isolation by sending North Korean musicians to Switzerland to keep her company, the site says. Yo-jong has not escaped the attention of US officials, who in January placed her and other North Korean officials on a blacklist for “severe human rights abuses”.

Source: The Guardian October 09, 2017 06:04 UTC