Article  N Korea leader elevates 13-year-old daughter to missile chief (succession brewing)

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Either way, it sounds like a woman will be the next chieftain of the family cult of personality. The teen had better keep a sharp eye out with respect to her aunt. Be alert for poison drinks and blundering into rigged setups that could get her charged with fake treason.
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North Korea leader elevates 13-year-old daughter to missile chief
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/nor...f34f&ei=33

EXCERPTS: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has given his young daughter a leadership role in his country’s Missile Administration, which oversees Pyongyang’s nuclear forces, South Korean media cited a senior government official as saying. Kim was reelected as secretary general of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) on Sunday, a position he has held for 15 years.

Kim’s child, long thought to be named Ju Ae and believed to be about 13 years old, has increasingly accompanied the supreme leader on public appearances including at missile test launch sites. This has fueled speculation she is the favorite to succeed Kim as supreme leader, in what would mark a historic departure from a dynastic tradition that has favored male heirs.

[...] Ju Ae has been elevated to a position akin to “director” of the missile bureau, a high-level official in the South Korean government official told the Chosun Daily newspaper on Sunday, citing intelligence sources.

[...] The report follows the South Korean National Intelligence Service’s strongest assessment to date that Ju Ae is the heir apparent. The agency said that officials would watch closely to see whether she takes on a prominent role at the ongoing Ninth Congress of the Workers’ Party.

[...] Analysts have cautioned the succession picture remains fluid and could shift depending on internal power dynamics, including the influence of Kim Jong Un’s powerful sister, Yo Jong... (MORE - details)
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