N. Korea promotes leader’s confidant

According to Yonhap News Agency,  Hwan Pyong So was promoted from being a vice director of the Organization and Guidance Department to the first vice director of the country’s powerful Organization and Guidance Department, according to Pyongyang’s state media. The North Korean News Agency KCNA did not directly report the promotion of Hwang Pyong So. Hwang Pyong So, born in 1949 and educated at the Kim Il Sung university, is working with Kim Jong Eun since the 2000’s. According to Yonhap,  Hwang accompanied last year the leader on 59 occasions.