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North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-Un, has selected his younger sister, Kim Yo Jong, for a high-ranking post in the political office of the only party in the state, the World Agencies have reported.
At a meeting of the Central Committee of the ruling Korean Workers' Party in Pyongyang, Kim Yo Jong, along with three other functionaries, was appointed a Politburo's "deputy member", state media reported. The Politburo is the decision-making body being headed by the North Korean leader, the France press says.
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