Kim Jong Un has been re-elected as the President of North Korea.

Kim Jong Un was reappointed as the president of the state at the first session of the country's Supreme People's Assembly. Reuters reports this based on the North Korean state news agency KCNA.

 

Kim is the third-generation ruler of the state founded by his grandfather Kim Il Sung in 1948 and has been leading the country since his father's death in 2011.

 

It is noted that the meeting in Pyongyang reviewed amendments and additions to the socialist constitution, as well as the election of the Chairman of the State Affairs Commission and other state leadership bodies. The Assembly also discussed the five-year economic plan announced at the Ninth Party Congress held in February.

 

"At the center of attention is the question of whether Pyongyang will amend the constitution to formalize Kim Jong Un's 'two hostile states' policy towards South Korea. In recent years, the leader has sidelined North Korea's long-term goal of peaceful reunification and re-declared South Korea as a hostile state," the agency writes.

 

A major political figure, Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, was not listed among the members of the State Affairs Commission. While South Korea's Unification Ministry stated it is investigating the reason for this change, experts emphasize that this does not indicate a decrease in her influence.

 

According to Professor Lim Eul-chul of Kyungnam University, her absence from the list does not indicate a decline in her status but rather shows a strategic role distribution.

 

This meeting is being assessed as a significant event in defining the political and economic directions under North Korean leadership.