N. Korean leader's aunt appears again in documentary film
The aunt of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has appeared in a rerun of a documentary film, a move that could confuse outside analysts on whether she was ousted from power.
The North's state television aired the documentary on Tuesday that showed Kim Kyong-hui visiting a soccer stadium along with her nephew Kim Jong-un.
The documentary was first aired on Feb. 11, and North Korea did not edit out scenes of Kim Kyong-hui on Tuesday when it aired a rerun of the film.
On April 20, the North's television also aired a photo of Kim Kyong-hui and her elder brother, long-time leader Kim Jong-il, taken together during their trip to a textile factory in Pyongyang.
Kim Jong-un took over the communist country after his father Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack in December 2011.
The North's confusing signal came two weeks after North Korea aired a rerun of another documentary that edited out scenes of Kim Kyong-hui's trip to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.
The mausoleum in Pyongyang is home to the embalmed bodies of the country's two late leaders, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il, who are the grandfather and father of the current leader.
The original version of the documentary showed Kim Kyong-hui paying tribute to Kim Jong-il at the mausoleum in December 2012, along with Kim Jong-un and other top officials. (Yonhap)