Kim Jong Un shows off daughter for the first time during ballistic missile launch

The leader North Korean Kim Jong Un showed his daughter to the world for the first time this Friday (18) in stunning photos that show the two holding hands inspecting the release bigger missile ballistic of the country with nuclear weapons the day before.

korea from the north fired a missile intercontinental ballistic hwasong-17 (ICBM) on Friday, state news agency KCNA reported.

The biggest surprise, however, was the presence of the daughter in kimwhose existence had never been publicly confirmed before.

KCNA has not named the girl, who is seen in the photos in a white coat holding hands with her father as they look up at the huge missile 🇧🇷

“This is the first observed occasion on which we have seen the daughter of kim Jong Un at a public event,” said Michael Madden, an expert on North Korea leadership at the US-based Stimson Center. 🇧🇷 “It is highly significant and represents a certain degree of comfort on the part of kim Jong Un let him expose her in public like this.”

It is believed that Kim have up to three children, two girls and a boy, experts said. Some observers believe that one of these children was seen in footage of celebrations for a national holiday in September.

In 2013, retired American basketball star Dennis Rodman said that kim had one daughter “baby” named Ju Ae. After a trip to Korea of North that year, Rodman told The Guardian that he spent time with kim and her family and held the baby.

Ju Ae is estimated to be between 12 and 13 years old, which means that in about four to five years she will be preparing to attend university or enter the military, Madden said.

“It would indicate that she will be educated and trained to take leadership — it could be preparation for her taking the central leader position or she could become a backroom advisor and player like her aunt,” he said.

Korea’s North never announced who would follow kim in the event that he was incapacitated, and with few details known about his young children, analysts have speculated that his sister and her supporters might form a regency until a successor was old enough to take over.

the appearance of daughter of the leader in this event may suggest fourth-generation hereditary succession and that elites north -Koreans need to prepare for that eventuality, added Madden.

“Your presence is for an elite audience,” he said.

kim’s wifeRi Sol Ju, also made a rare appearance in Friday’s release, according to KCNA.

“Whenever Ri Sol Ju appears, there is a strategic message involved. Typically designed to contain tensions, combat other aggressive messages (such as tests) or show family cohesion kim in times of internal troubles,” said Ken Gause, leader of Korea of Expert North of CNA, a non-profit research organization based in the United States.

Her presence also fits the trend of kim “normalize” politics within the regime and the dynamics around his position as supreme leader, added Gause.

Source: CNN Brasil

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