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Welcome to Life Beyond Kim

OZY takes you inside the Hermit Kingdom for a look at the players surrounding Kim Jong Un.

For weeks, the rumors have been flying about the whereabouts and health of absent North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un. On Saturday, North Korea's state news agency put out photos of Kim at a ceremony in a fertilizer factory, but the appearance has not yet been independently confirmed. Given that the 36-year-old, basketball-loving supreme leader is pretty much all most people know about North Korea, OZY set out in 2018 to give our readers a glimpse of Life Beyond Kim — a vision more relevant now than ever.

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Life Beyond Kim: The Sister in Chief

Kim Yo Jong is the trusted propaganda specialist and gatekeeper for her all-powerful brother.

She’s impossible to miss, her grief-stricken face streaked with tears. The state television camera frames her perfectly over the right shoulder of her older brother, who has just become the supreme leader of North Korea. She lines up with top regime officials to pay respects at the glass-enclosed casket of her father, and stands sentry as Kim Jong Un receives foreign dignitaries. In the middle of a delicate power transition after the 2011 death of Kim Jong Il, the message to the North Korean people — and the outside world — is that young Kim Yo Jong is positioned at the center of power.

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