North Korea recently promoted Kim Yo Jong, South Korean spy service says

Senior negotiator Kim Yong Chol also reported demoted as foreign ministry's stature rises: NIS

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister Kim Yo Jong appears to have recently received a promotion, South Korea's spy agency reported on Tuesday.Kim, who serves as first vice director of the DPRK ruling party's Propaganda and Agitation Department (PAD), “appears to have been elevated” in position, a South Korean lawmaker said following a meeting with the National Intelligence Service (NIS).Speaking at a briefing with local media in a statement carried by Yonhap News Agency, head of the National Assembly’s Intelligence Committee Lee Hye-hoon said the intelligence service believes Kim's “authority seems to be enhanced due