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Kim Kyong-hui, younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, poses with the newly elected members of the central leadership body of the Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) and the participants in the WPK Conference, at the plaza of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang in this picture released by the North\'s KCNA news agency September 30, 2010. Kim Kyong-hui has battled alcoholism and the killing of her lover to stand alongside her nephew, North Korea\'s youthful leader Kim Jong-un, as a reminder that he is the true heir of the dynasty\'s blood-line. The 67-year-old daughter of North Korea\'s founder Kim Il-sung cuts a rare female figure in Pyongyang\'s male-dominated hierarchy and ranks as a four-star general, often sporting her trademark dark glasses at important events. She is married to Jang Song-thaek, seen as the second most powerful man in the North, who has survived purges and official displeasure to reach the pinnacle of his career, thanks largely to his sometimes tempestuous marriage to Kim.
Anti-North Korean protesters from conservative, right-wing and pro-U.S. civic groups, chant slogans in front of effigies of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) and his father, the late leader of the North Kim Jong-il during a protest in central Seoul April 15, 2013. North Korea celebrated the 101st anniversary of its founder\'s birth with flowers on Monday, although there was no sign of tension easing as South Korea warned that the North\'s survival could be in question without change and development.
Dozens of South Korean activists burn effigies with the portraits of North Korea\'s late president Kim Il-Sung (L), his grandson and current leader Kim Jong-Un (C) and late leader Kim Jong-Il (R) during an anti-Pyongyang rally in Seoul on April 15, 2013, to mark the 101st birthday of the North\'s founder and late president Kim Il-Sung . Meanwhile South Korea voiced regret on April 15 at North Korea\'s dismissal of its offer for dialogue, as the South\'s armed forces remained on heightened alert for an expected missile test by Pyongyang.
People take part in an oath-taking meeting before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il on Mansudae Hill in Pyongyang April 10, 2013 in this photo distributed by North Korea\'s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). Sign reads: \
North Koreans dance in front of the Monument to the Foundation of the Workers� Party in Pyongyang as they celebrate the 20th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong-il\'s election as chairman of North Korea\'s National Defence Commission, in this picture taken and released by the North\'s official KCNA news agency on April 9, 2013.
North Korean officials attend a national meeting to mark the 20th anniversary of late leader Kim Jong-il\'s election as chairman of North Korea\'s National Defence Commission at the April 25 House of Culture in Pyongyang April 8, 2013, in this picture taken and released by the North\'s official KCNA news agency on Monday.
Kim Kyong-hui, younger sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il, poses with the newly elected members of the central leadership body of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the participants in the WPK Conference, at the plaza of the Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang in this picture released by the North's KCNA news agency September 30, 2010. Kim Kyong-hui has battled alcoholism and the killing of her lover to stand alongside her nephew, North Korea's youthful leader Kim Jong-un, as a reminder that he is the true heir of the dynasty's blood-line. The 67-year-old daughter of North Korea's founder Kim Il-sung cuts a rare female figure in Pyongyang's male-dominated hierarchy and ranks as a four-star general, often sporting her trademark dark glasses at important events. She is married to Jang Song-thaek, seen as the second most powerful man in the North, who has survived purges and official displeasure to reach the pinnacle of his career, thanks largely to his sometimes tempestuous marriage to Kim.
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