국정원 "김정은 지금 140㎏…김여정, 국정 전반 관여"<br /><br />According to South Korea's National Intelligence Service, the sister of the North Korean leader is taking on new duties and accruing more power.<br />She's already considered her brother's second-in-command.<br />And Kim Jong-un himself, the agency notes, is obese, but is most likely in good health.<br />Our Kim Dami has more.<br />North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister, Kim Yo-jong, is more involved than ever in the regime's governance.<br />Officially, she is the First Vice Department Director of the North's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, but at a party congress set for January, she's set to take on even more power.<br />This is according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service, which said Tuesday that Kim Yo-jong has been active in performing jobs her brother would normally do like taking stock of flood damage and dealing with COVID-19 quarantine efforts.<br />In the meantime, Kim Jong-un is focusing more on directing policy rather than making on-site visits to places like factories.<br />In fact, so far this year, Kim has chaired 17 meetings of the politburo.<br />As for Kim's health, the NIS says it appears to be good, though he is overweight.<br />He currently weighs around 140 kilograms, which is over three-hundred pounds, having gained almost 60 kilograms over the past eight years.<br />Elsewhere, the regime is in the final stages of building two submarines, possibly equipped with submarine-launched ballistic missiles.<br />And as for the South Korean man shot dead last month by North Korean troops, Kim Jong-un has reportedly ordered a probe into the incident.<br />Pyeongyang claimed last week that it had tried to retrieve the man's body "to no avail."<br />The 47-year old official working in fishery affairs... was shot and killed when he crossed into North Korean waters off the west coast.<br />Kim Dami, Arirang News.<br />
