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Kim Yo-jong
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Person

Kim Yo-jong

b. 1987

North Korean politician and diplomat, sister of Kim Jong Un

Born
26 Sept 1987 · Pyongyang
Part ofNorth Korea612 CE – today

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 45 years
  1. 26 Sept 1987BornBorn in Pyongyang
  2. 2015RoleDirector of the Propaganda and Agitation Department of the Workers’ Party of Korea

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1987 – today).

  1. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  2. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  3. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  5. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  6. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  7. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  8. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  9. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  10. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  11. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  12. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  13. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  14. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  15. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  16. 20112011 Norway attacks
  17. 2011Libyan civil war
  18. 2011 – 2024Syrian civil war
  19. 20122012 Summer Olympics
  20. 20142014 FIFA World Cup
  21. 2014Russo-Ukrainian war
  22. 2015Paris Agreement
  23. 20182018 FIFA World Cup
  24. 2020COVID-19 pandemic
  25. 20212020 Summer Olympics
  26. 2022Russo-Ukrainian war
  27. 2023Gaza war
  28. 20242024 Summer Olympics
  29. 20262026 Iran war

Biography

Kim Yo Jong (Korean: 김여정; born 26 September 1987) 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 (WPK). This high-level appointment occurred during the first plenary meeting of the 9th Central Committee, held alongside the Ninth Party Congress in Pyongyang. Since March 2026, she has also been serving as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea. Between September 2021 and March 2026, she was a member of State Affairs Commission of North Korea.

She served as an alternate member of the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Korea from 2017 to 2019, and again from 2020 to 2021. Kim is the youngest child of North Korea's second supreme leader Kim Jong Il and the younger sister of Kim Jong Un, the current supreme leader and WPK General Secretary.

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