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N.Korea's ruling party sets up new post under leader Kim -Yonhap

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Reuters
01 June, 2021, 12:35 pm
Last modified: 01 June, 2021, 12:56 pm

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N.Korea's ruling party sets up new post under leader Kim -Yonhap

Jo is considered one of Kim's closest aides, whose appointment to the presidium was reported by state media

Reuters
01 June, 2021, 12:35 pm
Last modified: 01 June, 2021, 12:56 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks on the first day of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 6, 2021. KCNA/via REUTERS
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks on the first day of the 8th Congress of the Workers' Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo supplied by North Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) on January 6, 2021. KCNA/via REUTERS

North Korea's ruling party has amended its rules to create a de facto second-in-command under leader Kim Jong Un as he looks to revamp domestic politics, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said on Tuesday.

Citing an unidentified source familiar with North Korea, the agency said the holder of the new post of "first secretary" would chair meetings on behalf of Kim Jong Un.

Kim cemented his power at a congress of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in January, where he was elected its general secretary, taking a title last held by his late father, Kim Jong Il. 

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Now Kim wants the party to play a greater role in government, as compared to the more-military centred administration of his father, the agency added.

"The term 'military-first politics', a major keyword in the Kim Jong Il era, is known to have been scrapped from the preface of the party by-laws," it said.

In a statement, South Korea's Unification Ministry said new party by-laws were publicized in North Korea after the January meeting. But the ministry, which is responsible for relations with the neighbouring nation, cannot disclose details, it added.

Kim Jong Un himself used the "first secretary" designation from 2012 to 2016.

The new post is the most senior of the party's seven secretaries and is likely to have been taken by Jo Yong Won of the politburo's five-member presidium, Yonhap said.

Jo is considered one of Kim's closest aides, whose appointment to the presidium was reported by state media.

At the time of the January meeting, analysts viewed him as holding the government's No. 3 position, after Kim and Choe Ryong Hae, chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly.

Kim Jong Un has wielded almost absolute power in North Korea's dynastic system since taking over after Kim Jong Il's death in 2011.

Last year a South Korean lawmaker said the country's intelligence agency believed that Kim's sister, Kim Yo Jong, was serving as his "de facto second-in-command" but had not necessarily been designated his successor.

Kim has increasingly engaged with party members this year, particularly the cell secretaries, who are responsible for groups numbering up to 30 grassroots members each. 

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