US EditionWhy Kim Jong-Un’s Daughter Is Closer to Becoming North Korea’s Next Ruler
Kim Ju Ae has appeared at major military and diplomatic events since 2022, signaling her role as successor with increased state media presence and public displays of prominence.
- Kim Ju-ae, daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, made her first international public appearance accompanying him to Beijing in 2023.
- Her emergence follows years of limited public exposure after Dennis Rodman first revealed her existence in 2013, and North Korean media officially introduced her in 2022.
- Ju-Ae has appeared at major national events including missile launches and military parades, signaling a growing role linked closely to the regime’s nuclear capacity.
- Experts note that these appearances, such as standing alongside technicians during an ICBM launch, suggest she is being groomed as a potential successor with one calling her 'the front runner.'
- Kim’s public promotion of Ju-ae implies a strategy to solidify dynastic succession while maintaining North Korea’s military focus, though domestic acceptance of a female leader remains uncertain.
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The North Korean regime is surrounded by unknowns. One of the most striking is perhaps the identity of the successor of the current leader, Kim Jong-un, although there are already signs that point to his daughter as heiress. Another is the health of the leader. Images published by Russian journalist Alexander Yunashev on Wednesday, following Kim's meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing, reveal the immense care with which the le…
Who is Kim Ju Ae? North Korean leader’s daughter may be being groomed as Kim Jong Un’s successor
On Tuesday, when Kim Jong Un stepped out of his private armoured train in Beijing and greeted the Chinese officials who were there to welcome him, a young girl was spotted standing behind the North Korean leader.
The state media call her "noble descendant", her name has never been officially announced. However, more and more often the daughter of Kim Jong Un is watching on important occasions at the side of the dictator. What is known about her.
For a long time hidden from the people of the country, Kim Ju Ae is gradually imposing herself on the North Korean public scene. Kim Jong-un's daughter appears alongside her father on major military and diplomatic appointments. Everything suggests that she could be prepared to succeed her, a first for a woman in the history of the country. ...
First seen in 2022, the teenager could become North Korea's next leader.
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