Overview
- North Korea’s KCNA released photos showing Kim Jong Un’s daughter at the Kumsusan Palace in Pyongyang for her first official visit to the family mausoleum.
- The images place her centrally during the highly ritualized event, flanked by Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol-ju, underscoring the appearance’s symbolic weight.
- Experts interpret the staging as further evidence she is being groomed as heir, echoing South Korean intelligence that last year said she was regarded as successor after a Beijing trip.
- Her name and age remain unconfirmed by North Korean authorities, though Dennis Rodman has referred to her as Ju Ae and outside estimates put her at about 12 to 13.
- She has been shown publicly since 2022 at events including missile tests and a visit to China, while some analysts speculate Kim may have other children who could be introduced later.