Strolling hand-in-hand with her father at a missile launch. Celebrating Pyongyang’s first spy satellite alongside him. Lauded not only as “most-beloved” but as “respected”, the “morning star of Korea” and “female general”.
Kim Ju-ae’s extensive promotion in North Korean media has prompted South Korea’s intelligence agency to name her this month as the likely heir to supreme leader Kim Jong-un. Though she is thought to have an elder brother and a younger sibling, they have remained anonymous. While her father is still young, at just 40, there have been persistent questions about his health.
