Thursday, April 19, 2018

A Night at the Ballet

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un elevated his wife Ri Sol-ju to the status of “First Lady”, a move that analysts say will signal a deep change in North Korean society’s power balance.


North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) referred to Ri Sol-ju as the “respected First Lady” in its report on her weekend attendance of a Chinese ballet performance in Pyongyang, the title being a step up from the usual “comrade” that she had previously been afforded.

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