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Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-Hui and uncle Jang Sung-Taek calling the shots in North Korea | News.com.au
Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-Hui and uncle Jang Sung-Taek calling the shots in North Korea
Read more: Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-Hui and uncle Jang Sung-Taek calling the shots in North Korea | News.com.au
IS IT really a surprise to learn that Kim Jong-un may not be the one calling the shots in North Korea?
As North Korea - under its 29-year-old leader - makes ever-more bellicose threats against the United States and South Korea, the spotlight is falling on those older heads often seen standing beside him.
The son of Dear Leader Kim Jong-il was hurriedly promoted to the rank of four-star general before succeeding his father following Kim Jong-il's death in December, 2011.
Despite the best efforts of state media, North Korea has had a tough time shedding Kim Jong-un's image as a pudgy kid who grew up in Pyongyang and Switzerland playing video games.
It's had an even tougher time convincing the world that Kim is a legitimate leader and a tough military general.
Kim Kyong Hui Kim Jong Un auntie North Korea
Kim Kyong Hui, with Kim Jong Un (right) behind her in 2011. AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service
When he came to power, Kim, dubbed the Supreme Leader, was reported as having a power battle with his aunt and uncle.
Surprise, surprise, Kim Kyong-hui and Jang Sung-Taek are the ones really pulling the strings.
The 66-year-olds were pictured alongside Kim Jong-un at a recent meeting of the Workers' Party, where Kim describe nuclear weapons as "the nation's life treasure".
The aunt and uncle were reportedly asked by the late Kim Jong-il to act as senior advisers and help the hugely inexperience Kim Jong-un with hands-on action.
Kim Kyong Hui Kim Jong Un auntie North Korea
North Korean leader Kim il-sung flanked by his son Kim Jong-il and daughter Kim Kyong-hui in the garden of their home captial Pyongyang in 1963 photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency and distributed by Korea News Service.
But according to Jeung Young Tai from Korea's Institute for National Unification, it's clear who's really calling the shots.
"They are in a hurry to establish Kim's image as a powerful military leader to gain respect and control," he said.
"And the ones doing that are Kim Kyong Hui and her husband Jang."
described as the "Lady Macbeth of Korea" and the most powerful woman in Asia, Kim Kyong-Hui is the late Kim Jong-il's younger sister, a key figure inside the Workers Party and a four-star general.
Kim Kyong Hui Kim Jong Un auntie North Korea
Kim Kyong-hui claps hands with other delegates during a ruling Workers' Party representatives meeting in Pyongyang, in 2010.
Her husband, Jang Sung-Taek, was one of Dear Leader's closest advisers.
Kim Kyong Hui Kim Jong Un auntie North Korea
Kim Jong Un (far left) and his auntie, Kim Kyong Hui (far right) pictured with other leaders - inclouding Kim's father Kim Jong Il (centre in sunglasses) in 2010. AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service
NND-Kim jongh Un infographic
Read more: Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-Hui and uncle Jang Sung-Taek calling the shots in North Korea | News.com.au
Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-Hui and uncle Jang Sung-Taek calling the shots in North Korea
Read more: Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-Hui and uncle Jang Sung-Taek calling the shots in North Korea | News.com.au
IS IT really a surprise to learn that Kim Jong-un may not be the one calling the shots in North Korea?
As North Korea - under its 29-year-old leader - makes ever-more bellicose threats against the United States and South Korea, the spotlight is falling on those older heads often seen standing beside him.
The son of Dear Leader Kim Jong-il was hurriedly promoted to the rank of four-star general before succeeding his father following Kim Jong-il's death in December, 2011.
Despite the best efforts of state media, North Korea has had a tough time shedding Kim Jong-un's image as a pudgy kid who grew up in Pyongyang and Switzerland playing video games.
It's had an even tougher time convincing the world that Kim is a legitimate leader and a tough military general.
Kim Kyong Hui Kim Jong Un auntie North Korea
Kim Kyong Hui, with Kim Jong Un (right) behind her in 2011. AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service
When he came to power, Kim, dubbed the Supreme Leader, was reported as having a power battle with his aunt and uncle.
Surprise, surprise, Kim Kyong-hui and Jang Sung-Taek are the ones really pulling the strings.
The 66-year-olds were pictured alongside Kim Jong-un at a recent meeting of the Workers' Party, where Kim describe nuclear weapons as "the nation's life treasure".
The aunt and uncle were reportedly asked by the late Kim Jong-il to act as senior advisers and help the hugely inexperience Kim Jong-un with hands-on action.
Kim Kyong Hui Kim Jong Un auntie North Korea
North Korean leader Kim il-sung flanked by his son Kim Jong-il and daughter Kim Kyong-hui in the garden of their home captial Pyongyang in 1963 photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency and distributed by Korea News Service.
But according to Jeung Young Tai from Korea's Institute for National Unification, it's clear who's really calling the shots.
"They are in a hurry to establish Kim's image as a powerful military leader to gain respect and control," he said.
"And the ones doing that are Kim Kyong Hui and her husband Jang."
described as the "Lady Macbeth of Korea" and the most powerful woman in Asia, Kim Kyong-Hui is the late Kim Jong-il's younger sister, a key figure inside the Workers Party and a four-star general.
Kim Kyong Hui Kim Jong Un auntie North Korea
Kim Kyong-hui claps hands with other delegates during a ruling Workers' Party representatives meeting in Pyongyang, in 2010.
Her husband, Jang Sung-Taek, was one of Dear Leader's closest advisers.
Kim Kyong Hui Kim Jong Un auntie North Korea
Kim Jong Un (far left) and his auntie, Kim Kyong Hui (far right) pictured with other leaders - inclouding Kim's father Kim Jong Il (centre in sunglasses) in 2010. AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service
NND-Kim jongh Un infographic
Read more: Kim Jong-un's aunt Kim Kyong-Hui and uncle Jang Sung-Taek calling the shots in North Korea | News.com.au
