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Kim Yo Jong 김여정

Director of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea

alive39 years old

Kim Yo Jong 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. Wikipedia

Born
1987-09-26, Pyongyang
Height
Unknown
Weight
Unknown
Status as of
2026-09-01
Also known as
Kim Yo-jong, Vice Department Director

Family

  • fatherKim Jong IlKim Jong Il김정일member of the Supreme People's AssemblyBorn 1941 · died aged 70Father, former leader
  • motherKo Yong HuiKo Yong Hui고용희Spouse of the Supreme Leader of the Democratic People's Republic of KoreaBorn 1952 · died aged 51Mother
  • KJsiblingKim Jong CholKJKim Jong Chol김정철Born 1981 · 45 years oldOlder brother
  • siblingKim Jong UnKim Jong Un김정은President of the State Affairs CommissionBorn 1984 · 42 years oldBrother, Supreme Leader
  • KShalf siblingKim Sol SongKSKim Sol Song김설송Born 1974 · 51 years old
  • half siblingKim Jong NamKim Jong Nam김정남Born 1971 · died aged 45Half-brother, deceased
  • nieceKim Ju AeKim Ju Ae김주애Born 2013 · 13 years old

Positions

  1. 2015–nowDirector of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers’ Party of Koreasource
  2. ?–nowmember of the Supreme People's Assemblysource

Notable

  • 2020-06 Ordered the demolition of the Inter-Korean Liaison Office in Kaesong on June 16, 2020 after issuing warnings in state media.source

Machine-readable: /api/people/kim-yo-jong · Wikidata Q4330912 · Photo: Kim Jinseok (Official photographer of Republic of Korea), Blue House (Republic of Korea) / Wikimedia Commons (KOGL Type 1)