Kim's sister back in public eye at North Korea's mass games

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AP Seoul
Last Updated : Jun 04 2019 | 10:25 AM IST

The powerful younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a public event in Pyongyang for the first time in more than 50 days, casting further doubt on media speculation he had ordered her to lay low over the failed nuclear summit with Washington.

North Korea's state media on Tuesday showed Kim Yo Jong clapping aside her brother, his wife and other top officials at the 150,000-seat May Day Stadium where thousands of gymnasts, dancers and flip-card-wielding spectators worked in precise unison to perform "The Land of the People."

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First Published: Jun 04 2019 | 10:25 AM IST

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