Key clue: Kim Jong-un's daughter will become North Korea's next feared tyrant, hidden in photos with dictator father
BORN and bred to likely take over his despotic rule over North Korea – Kim Jong Un's Gucci-loving daughter is becoming a spitting image of her father.
A series of photos shows how the fat tyrantNine-year-old Kim Ju-ae, 40, is learning the art of the statement leather jacket, designer sunglasses and looking good while acting bad.
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Like father, like daughter – recent images show Ju-ae wearing identical outfits to her father during public outings.
The merged attire gives a striking clue that Kim is clearly his eldest daughter looking for succession.
Home-schooled, horse-loving, ski-obsessed Ju-ae first appeared on the scene at the end of 2022walking hand in hand with her father to happily watch a ballistic missile test.
That seemed to many observers Kim placed the crown on the head of his once mysterious child. From that moment on, she quickly started going out with him more often.
The tightly controlled state media, which had never hinted at her existence before, suddenly declared her his “most beloved child.”
In December, Kim and Ju-ae watched an Air Force show together in matching oversized leather trench coats and large Gucci sunglasses.
She moodily put together for photographers – but it revealed another hidden clue.
Ju-ae stood in front of the despot, partially blocking the camera's view of his left side.
A report in the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo said this was “unprecedented”.
It read: “Ju-ae has appeared in many photos in state media, always appearing next to or behind her father, but in this photo she is the main character.
“It is unprecedented in the status-obsessed North to publish a photo with Kim Jong-un in the background.”
In February 2023, Kim took his daughter to work – on the occasion of 75 years since the founding of his country's army.
The young possible heiress joined him for a banquet for military officials in a surprisingly similar outfit: black suit, white shirt, pale tie.
According to insider reports, she is called the 'Morning Star General' and has now changed from a 'loved' child to a 'respected' child.
In January, the South Korean spy agency acknowledged the murder This is the first time that Ju-ae will likely be Kim's heir.
However, the National Security Agency said it was still considering “all options” in the succession plan.
“Based on an extensive analysis of public activities and the level of respect for Kim Ju Ae since her first public appearance, she appears to be the most likely successor at this time,” NOS said.
However, analysts believe that the public appearances are less a public expression of fatherly love than a means to settle the internal war within the Kim household.
Rumor has it that the dictator's wife, Ri Sol-ju, and his powerful, bellicose sister, Kim Yo-jong, are feuding over power.
For years it was widely believed that Yo-jang took control North Korea – but Kim's recent appearances with his daughter now suggest otherwise.
Michael Madden, founder of North Korea Leadership Watchbelieves this all sends a striking message.
He said: “It is of great significance and represents a measure of comfort for Kim Jong-un that he is bringing her out in public in such a way.
“What we're seeing is Kim broadcasting that fourth-generation hereditary succession is very likely to occur.”
“This is intended to communicate this to the broader North Korean elite and to foreign governments.”
If Kim Ju-ae comes to power, she would become the fourth member of the dynasty to lead the country and the first female leader in the country's history.
Within the world's only hereditary communist state, it is unprecedented for an heir to be announced before he or she reaches adulthood.
And in a fiercely patriarchal society, it seems unlikely that a woman would be allowed to rule.
However, Kim seems to be erring on the side of caution and inciting his wife and sister by taking the young girl to speeches, military parades, weapons demonstrations and factory inspections.
Some analysts have speculated that introducing Miss Kim to the public so early could be a way to overcome prejudice against a female leader.
How many children does Kim Jong-un have?
NOT much is known about the children of North Korea's tyrannical leader.
Before his eldest daughter, Ju-ae, suddenly burst into the public eye in late 2022, information about Kim's children was largely just speculation.
The South Korean spy agency believes that Kim and his wife Ri Sol-ju have three children together.
Ju-ae, nine or ten years old, is probably the middle child.
Reports indicate that she has an older brother, born in 2010, and a younger sister, born in 2017.
But very little is known or spoken about.
North Koreans knew nothing about the families of Kim's father Kim Jong-il and grandfather Kim Il-sung, the pariah state's founder and president.
Kim himself was only introduced to the public when he was officially announced as the heir.
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