A daughter of the North Korean leader appeared in public for the first time in images released by state media from the intercontinental missile launch site on Friday, where she was with her father.
North Korea’s KCNA news agency reported that Kim Jong-un “personally supervised” the launch “along with his beloved daughter and wife,” First Lady Ri Sol-ju, without elaborating.
Five photos among the approximately 20 images released by KCNA show a girl in a white coat listening to her father appearing to give instructions to the officials present, still holding hands with Kim, next to the intercontinental missile, and watching from a distance. the launch
North Korean state media rarely report on close relatives of the Kim dynasty, which has ruled the country with an iron fist since the 1940s.
The daughter of Kim Jong-un who appears in the images is no exception, especially since the official propaganda had not even acknowledged her existence.
All information about the ancestry of Kim Jong-un, who is believed to be 38 years old, has been suggested by experts with connections within the country.
Many claim that Kim had three children with Ri in 2010, 2012 or 2013, and 2017, but the information has not been confirmed.
After one of the extravagant visits to North Korea to meet Kim Jong-un, former American basketball player Dennis Rodman publicly said in 2013 that he was holding “his daughter Ju-ae”, a tall baby.
This was the only time anyone had named one of the North Korean dictator’s descendants by their first name.
It is unknown if the young woman in the photos released by KCNA is Kim Ju-ae.
North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday that landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the northern island of Hokkaido, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, calling the firing “absolutely unacceptable.”
According to a US official on the same day, the United States wants to convene the UN Security Council and ask China, an ally of the North Korean regime, to help rein in Pyongyang.
In response to the launch, the South Korean and US militaries responded with guided bomb tests from F-35 fighter jets, in addition to conducting other combined air maneuvers over the East Sea.
The launch adds to a record 30 missiles Pyongyang fired in early November in response to major aerial maneuvers by Seoul and Washington, including another similar missile, launched on November 3, which apparently misfired and crashed prematurely in the waters. of the Sea of ​​Japan.
Source: Observadora
