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Also known as Kim Yo Jong

North Korean politician and diplomat, sister of Kim Jong Un

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Kim Yo-jong is a senior North Korean politician and diplomat who serves as the sister of Kim Jong Un, the country's leader. She matters because she holds significant influence in North Korea's government and has become a public face of the regime in diplomatic dealings with other countries.

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Kim
Gender
female
Citizenship
North Korea
Place of birth
Pyongyang
Occupation
diplomat
Languages spoken
Korean
Native language
Korean
Religion
atheism
Field of work
politics
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date of birth
1987-09-26
McCune–Reischauer romanization
Kim Yŏjŏng
Revised Romanization
Gim Yeojeong
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Kim Yo-jong
name in kana
きん よせい
name in native language
김여정
name
金與正
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Encyclopedic overview

Kim Yo Jong (Korean: 김여정; born 26 September 1987) is a North Korean politician and diplomat, and sister of WPK General Secretary Kim Jong Un. As of February 2026 she is the director of the General Affairs Department of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK). This high-level appointment occurred during the first plenary meeting of the 9th Central Committee, held alongside the Ninth Party Congress in Pyongyang. Since March 2026, she has also been serving as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. Between September 2021 and March 2026, she was a member of State Affairs Commission of North Korea.

She served as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea from 2017 to 2019, and again from 2020 to 2021. Kim is the youngest child of North Korea's second supreme leader Kim Jong Il and the younger sister of Kim Jong Un, the current supreme leader and WPK General Secretary.

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