통일부가 18일 발간한 '북한 주요기관· 단체 인명록(2015년)'은 지난 한해 북한 지도부 인사들의 부침을 적나라하게 보여주 고 있다.
조선노동당 중앙위원회와 인민군, 국방위원회 등 주요기관에서는 북한군 서열 1 위인 황병서 인민군 총정치국장의 약진이 두드러졌다.
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Kim Jong-un's aunt removed from major posts: Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's once-powerful aunt has stepped down from most of her major posts, a South Korean government directory on the secretive neighbor's ruling elites showed Friday.
The 2015 directory, released by the Ministry of Unification, does not include Kim Kyong-hui's name on the list of the cabinet members, the list of ruling Workers' Party of Korea's secretaries or the party's politburo.
In the annual dossier, the 69-year old only retained relatively minor seats as the party's central committee member, military general and representative for the Supreme People's Assembly.
She is a daughter of North Korean founder Kim Il-sung and sister of late leader Kim Jong-il and married Jang Song-thaek, former vice chairman at the all-powerful National Defense Commission, who was unexpectedly executed in 2013 for treason charges.
Since her husband's purge, Kim has often been rumored to have been dismissed or in ill health.
"It has been mostly likely confirmed that Kim Kyong-hui resigned from all official posts following Jang Song-thaek," a government official said. The official said the unification ministry's directory was compiled based on publicly accessible data.
He added the aunt has not appeared to the public even once since September 2013.
Meanwhile, the directory also put the birthday of Kim Jong-il as Jan. 8, 1984, with an additional explanation saying there are rumors that his birth year is 1982 or 1983.
Previously, the ministry said his birth year is unclear although he may have been born in sometime between 1982 and 1984. (Yonhap)
