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Who Is Kim Yong Chol? Meet Kim Jong Un’s Ever-Present Right-Hand Man

He was on both Kim Jong Un’s trips to China. He sat beside the North Korean leader during his meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the DMZ. And he held meetings with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Pyongyang to discuss the stalled U.S.-North Korea summit set for Singapore on June 12. But who is the balding man with the hangdog expression, who now appears to be the most influential North Korean outside the Kim clan? Meet General Kim Yong Chol — no relation to the namesake Supreme Leader — who is officially vice-chairman of the central committee of North Korea’s all-powerful Workers’ Party.

 

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