Succession alert for North Korea: 'World’s most dangerous 13-year-old girl' to become Kim Jong Un's heir

SEOUL: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reportedly chosen his daughter Kim Ju Ae as his successor. The assessment is from the National Intelligence Service of neighboring South Korea. Kim Ju Ae is believed to be around 13-15 years old. Ju now accompanies Kim at public events and missile tests. South Korean intelligence sources say this is training to shape the country's future ruler. Ju is expected to attend a Workers' Party of Korea conference later this month and Kim may announce her as his successor. There have been rumors for the past few years that Kim Ju Ae may succeed Kim Jong Un.

However, the world still knows very little about Kim Ju Ae. After Kim Jong Il died in 2011, his son Kim Jong Un was appointed as the dictator of the Workers' Party, the country and the military. Kim Il Sung, known as the father of North Korea, is Kim Jong Un's grandfather.

Everything kept secret

 Kim Ju Ae's first photo was released in 2022. It was a picture of her watching a ballistic missile launch with Kim and his wife Ri Sol Ju

 Ju Ae was with Kim when he visited China last September

 Kim is rumored to have a son and a daughter in addition to Ju. Ju is said to be Kim's second child

 It was only after former American basketball player Dennis Rodman visited North Korea in 2013 that the outside world learned that Kim had a daughter named Ju Ae. North Korea has not even officially confirmed Ju's name

 It is rumoured that Kim did not want anyone else in the country to use his daughter's name and compelled women and girls to change their legal names if they were named "Ju-ae