Kim Yo Jong made quite the impression last week after appearing close to North Korean leader and brother Kim Jong Un at an event marking the death of their father Kim Jong Il.

Standing just five persons apart from Kim Jong Un could have suggested a significant promotion for Kim Yo Jong. That she stood in the exact slot usually reserved for the director of the ruling party’s international affairs department made this possibility even more plausible.

But when cadres gathered inside the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun to pay their respects to the