US EditionNorth Korea’s Kim gifts rifles to officials and his daughter takes aim after party congress
Kim Jong Un gave new-generation sniper rifles to senior officials as a sign of trust, while state media showed his daughter firing rifles, fueling succession speculation.
- North Korea released a photo of leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Ju Ae, firing a sniper rifle at a shooting range, fueling speculation she is being groomed as his successor.
- Kim presented new sniper rifles to senior party and military officials as a gesture of 'absolute trust', calling them a 'wonderful weapon'.
- South Korea's spy agency said this month that Pyongyang appears to have started the process of designating Ju Ae as the next in line to rule North Korea.
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North Korea's Kim gifts rifles to officials and his daughter takes aim after party congress
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un gifted new sniper rifles to top government and military officials after a ruling party congress celebrating his leadership, with state media highlighting an image of his teenage daughter taking aim at a shooting range.
Many analysts believe that the North Korean leader has decided that his daughter Kim Ju-ae will succeed him, but others claim that the patriarchal nature of the regime could block his way to powerClaves from the 9th Congress of North Korea's united party: from relations with the South and the US to the possible successor of Kim The Workers' Party that governs North Korea has held its congress this month. A multi-day meeting in which the predicta…
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Friday presented new sniper rifles to the public, which were presented to party and military leaders. The commemorative weapons were presented as part of the ruling party's ninth congress, Reuters reported, citing North Korea's state news agency KCNA.
North Korea has released this Saturday an unusual photograph of Kim Jong-un's teenage daughter shooting a sniper rifle, just days after she attended a major military parade, at another sign that she might be being prepared as a future successor.The image published by the state agency KCNA shows the young woman, who is believed to be Kim Ju-ae or Kim Ju-hae and to be about 13 years old, aiming and shooting a rifle with a telescopic look at a shoo…
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