Kim Kyong-hui has returned to the methods of her father, the dynasty’s founder, Kim Il-sung, who viewed party control as the most convenient and reliable means of exercising power. Particularly for a North Korean woman, party control is a far wieldier tool to elicit the type of absolute loyalty that the Kims need.
但金敬姬的统治风格与其兄迥然不同。金正日更喜欢军政，大搞先军政治。金敬姬则回归了其父、金氏王朝创始人金日成的路子，认为对党的控制才是最传统、最可靠的权力行使之道。特别是，对于一位朝鲜妇女来说，控制党显然是更适合的工具，能够侦测出金氏王朝所需要的绝对忠诚出自哪里。