North Korea COUP: Kim Jong-un loses powers to his sister after struggling with 'stress'
- 4 years ago
NORTH KOREA leader Kim Jong-un is reported to have transferred some of his power to his younger sister Kim Yo-jong over concerns of "stress".
South Korea politician Ha Tae-kyung, an opposition party MP on parliament's intelligence committee, revealed Kim Yo-jong was helping to run the regime with mandated authority from her brother. He said there had been a "delegation of power" and Kim Jong-un's authority as leader of the secretive state has been "transferred little by little" to his sister.
He told the Korean Herald: “In regards to Kim Jong-un’s circumstances, ‘delegation of power’ was mentioned.
“Kim Jong-un still exerts absolute power, but in comparison to the past, some of the authority has been transferred little by little.
"Kim Yo-jong is a de facto second-in-command."
Speaking after a closed-door parliamentary briefing with the National Intelligence Service in South Korea, he said “high stress levels” stemming from Kim's role in ruling the hermit state were one of the reasons behind the power shift.
South Korea politician Ha Tae-kyung, an opposition party MP on parliament's intelligence committee, revealed Kim Yo-jong was helping to run the regime with mandated authority from her brother. He said there had been a "delegation of power" and Kim Jong-un's authority as leader of the secretive state has been "transferred little by little" to his sister.
He told the Korean Herald: “In regards to Kim Jong-un’s circumstances, ‘delegation of power’ was mentioned.
“Kim Jong-un still exerts absolute power, but in comparison to the past, some of the authority has been transferred little by little.
"Kim Yo-jong is a de facto second-in-command."
Speaking after a closed-door parliamentary briefing with the National Intelligence Service in South Korea, he said “high stress levels” stemming from Kim's role in ruling the hermit state were one of the reasons behind the power shift.