"I think it does sort of reinforce that notion that the weapons are for protection, they're for the people, they're for the next generations," said Jenny Town, director of the 38 North Program at the Stimson Center think tank. A North Korea expert told Insider the remarkable shift may have political messaging to it - that Kim views the country's weapons program, which the US and UN have condemned, as a legacy pact. But in recent months, the authoritarian regime's news agency has routinely published images of the pre-teen alongside Kim at the country's biggest military events. Photographs released by state media after the launch appear to show the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, watching with a girl who has been identified by analysts and experts as his daughter, Kim Ju Ae.įor years, Ju Ae was cloaked in mystery. North Korea tested its largest intercontinental ballistic missile on Thursday, marking the country's latest attempt to boost its weapons program in the face of joint military drills between the US and South Korea. Ju Ae has since attended several missile launches, raising questions about Kim's intentions. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via Associated Pressįor years, Kim Jong Un's daughter - Kim Ju Ae - was a mystery to the world.īut in late 2022 state media began showing photos of her at North Korean military events. 19, 2022, by the North Korean government shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and his daughter at the site of a missile launch at Pyongyang International Airport in Pyongyang, North Korea, Friday, Nov.
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