Kim Yo-jong is a North Korean politician who is the younger sister of Kim Jong-un. She became the First Deputy Director and de facto leader of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) in the year 2014 and has also served as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Workers’ Party of Korea.
Age
She was born on September 26, 1987/89.
Sun Sign
Libra
Residence
Pyongyang, North Korea
Boyfriend / Spouse
Kim Yo-jong has dated –
- Choe Song (2015-Present) – She got married to Choe Song, the son of government official Choe Ryong-hae, in January 2015 and the duo parents a child born in May 2015.
Sexual Orientation
Straight
Distinctive Features
- Deep-set eyes
- Powerful persona
Kim Yo-jong Facts
- She is the youngest child.
- She mostly grew up living at her mother’s residence in Pyongyang.
- Kim Yo-jong shares a close bond with her brother Kim Jong-un which was supposedly developed while they were studying at the Liebefeld-Steinhölzli public school. It was also during this time that she assumed the name ‘Pak Mi-hyang’.
- On February 9, 2018, she became the first member of the ruling Kim dynasty to visit South Korea since the Korean War when she attended the 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony held in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
- As the rumors of Kim Jong-un’s ill-health sparked in April 2020, Kim Yo-jong gained significant media attention as a possible successor of the government’s leadership in North Korea.
Featured Image by Kim Jinseok (Official photographer of Republic of Korea), Blue House (Republic of Korea) / / Korea Open Government License Type I
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Facts of Kim Yo-jong
- Gender Male
- full nameKim Yo-jong
- nicknamesPak Mi-hyang
- birthplacePyongyang, North Korea
- ethnicity / ethnic backgroundKorean and Japanese
- nationalityNorth Korean
- professionPolitician
- weight50 kg or 110 lbs
- height5 ft 6 in or 167.5 cm
- hair colorBlack
- eye colorBlack
- body type / buildSlim
- collegeKim Il-sung University
- motherKo Yong-hui
- fatherKim Jong-il
- brothersKim Jong-chul