Kim Kyong Hui, 73, was once an influential figure in North Korea as the only sister of late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, the father of Kim Jong Un. Kim Kyong Hui’s fate had been in doubt after Kim Jong Un had her husband and the North’s No. Days after Jang’s execution, Kim Kyong Hui’s name was mentioned in a KCNA dispatch as a member of a funeral committee for another top official. Her name had since never been mentioned in North Korean state media until Sunday's KCNA report. Outside experts said Kim Kyong Hui had long suffered from liver and heart problems and high blood pressure.

Source: ABC News January 26, 2020 06:45 UTC