North Korea's Kim Jong Un reappointed as president of state affairs

Kim's reappointment as head of the authoritarian nation's highest policymaking and governing body, the State Affairs Commission, was announced by the state news agency KCNA. Critics point out that elections in North Korea are designed to give the country's leadership a veneer of democratic legitimacy.

Kim Jong Un reappointed as president of North Korea

North Korea’s news agencies reported that Kim Jon Un was reappointed to his role as president of State Affairs.

North Korea reappoints Kim Jong-un as supreme leader

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was reappointed as president of ‌state affairs, state media reported on Monday, after the isolated nation convened the first session of its Supreme People’s Assembly a day earlier. North Korea’s constitution explicitly states that the president of state affairs is the “supreme leader of the DPRK” who represents the state, which is officially known as the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Kim’s reappointment as head of the authoritarian nation’s highest...

By Agencies

Kim Jong-un cements control with reappointment as president of state affairs

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's reappointment as the president of the State Affairs Commission reaffirms his grip on power and hints at reshaping the country's governing structure and its stance toward South Korea, experts say. The decision came during the first session of the Supreme People’s Assembly, the country’s rubber-stamp legislature, which convened a day earlier in Pyongyang following last month’s ruling Workers’ Party Congress, according to the state-run Korean Central News Agency. "

By The Korea Herald

North Korea's Kim reappointed as president of state affairs

Critics say North Korea's elections are predetermined and designed to give the country's leadership a veneer of democratic legitimacy.

North Korea's Kim Jong Un reappointed as president of state affairs

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un reappointed as president of state affairs

Kim's powerful sister, Kim Yo Jong, is notably absent from KCNA's list of members of the country's top leadership body, on which she had served since 2021

By Reuters