North Korean state media on Saturday referred to leader Kim Jong Un's teenage daughter as a 'great person of guidance'.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Ju Ae inspecting a training of the Korean People’s Army at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
“The great persons of guidance, together with cadres of the Party, the government and the military, went round the farm,” read the English-language report, which ran with images of the pair. “This level of personal worship for Kim Ju Ae strongly suggests that she will succeed Kim Jong Un as the next leader of North Korea,” Cheong added.Kim Jong Un – the grandson of North Korea’s founding leader Kim Il Sung and the third generation of the Kim family to lead the country – married his wife Ri Sol Ju in 2009, according to Seoul’s spy agency.
In an image released by Pyongyang on Saturday, Ju Ae was seen using binoculars to observe recent paratroop drills, standing beside her father and senior military officials.