FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during a conference of cell secretaries of the ruling Workers' Party in Pyongyang, in this undated photo released on April 9, 2021 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency . KCNA/via REUTERS..SEOUL: 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 .
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. 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.
Jo is considered one of Kim's closest aides, whose appointment to the presidium was reported by state media.
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