North Korea: Kim Jong Un's sister gets post in top govt body

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's influential sister has been appointed to the country's top government body, the official KCNA news agency reported on Thursday.

Kim Yo Jong, a key adviser to her brother, was promoted to a position on the State Affairs Commission.

She has often been seen in close proximity to her brother, including at his summits with then-US president Donald Trump and the South's leader Moon Jae-in.

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In a raft of changes approved by the Supreme People's Assembly, at least nine members of the State Affairs Commission were dismissed, including one of its vice-presidents, Pak Pong Ju, and diplomat Choe Son Hui, who played a key role in negotiations with the United States.

Kim Yo Jong is now the youngest and the only woman member of the commission.