When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un step out of the armored green train in Beijing 2. September, a young girl dressed in black and smiled in Chinese officials behind him
Many say that a girl was a teenage daughter Kim Jong Un, maybe she went abroad for the first time. Over the years, it has performed various public appearances, mostly at military events, but its presence in Beijing has supported further speculation that it may be its potential successor in the dynastic government of the family over the nuclear armed state.
The secret around the girl
North Korea has never revealed her name or age, but South Korean intelligence officials believed she was a daughter identified as JU AE by former American basketball player Dennis Rodman. Rodman spent time with Kim’s family in 2013 and described her that he was holding her as a child.
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“I held their child Ju Ae and spoke to (Kim’s wife),” said Rodman Guardian.
Kim Jong Un was in Beijing to attend Wednesday’s show, during which Chinese President Xi Jinping boasted his military forces. But the girl was not seen on Wednesday when her father knocked down the red carpet on Tiananmen Square in front of Xi’s military parade.
“Right now Ju Ae is a pioneer as another Supreme Leader of North Korea,” said Michael Madden, an expert on North Korea’s lead at Stimson, as Reuters said. “It gains a practical experience from the protocol that should serve as another leader of North Korea or the basic elite.”
Madden said it was the first time Kim Jong Un outside North Korea – an experience that neither her father nor a powerful aunt had had.
“North Korean Dynasty dominated by men”
Since then, North Korea has been founded as a hereditary dictatorship, which was founded in 1948 Kim Il Sung. His son, Kim Jong Il, took over after his father’s death in 1994 and Kim Jong Un took too much 17 years later when Kim Jong Il died.
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Since Dynasts ruled the country, Kim’s daughter has evoked the first international public appearance as to whether it could be modified as a successor.
Analysts said there was no evidence of Kim Jong Un never accompanied his father Kim Jong Il on overseas trips. Jong Il took foreign trips in the 50s with his father, founder of North Korea Kim Il Sung.
Fixed State Media North Korea has not revealed anything about Kim Jong Un ‘
The South Korean news agency considers JU AE to be the most likely successor so far, despite questions about whether a man controlled dynasty can eventually enter.
There is not much known about Kim’s daughter, whose first public appearance in 2022 after years of speculation. Even her exact age or year of birth is unknown. However, it is generally estimated that it is now immature or early adolescents, mainly based on Rodman’s statements.
“Respected” daughter rather than “beloved”
Ju AE, estimated for about 13 years, was increasingly participating in a major event in May, including her diplomatic debut at the Russian embassy.
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“The extent of her public appearances has definitely expanded over the years from military places to political and economic events,” said Rachel Minyoung Lee, another Stimson Center researcher.
In recent reports, including those carried BBC last yearNorth Korea observers noted how Kim is now referred to as “respected” daughter, rather than “beloved” because she was first introduced during her public debut in November 2022.
The adjective “respected” is reserved for the most worshiped North Korea. In the case of Kim, according to the BCC report of 2024, it was referred to as the “respected comrade” only after its position as the future leader.
Right now Ju Ae is a pioneer as the next Supreme Leader of North Korea.
“If it was a inheritance campaign, it would certainly help with this effort, because it would be considered a debut Kim Ju AE on the international scene,” Lee told Reuters.
(With Reuters and CNN inputs)
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