In her second public appearance in a week, Kim Ju Ae and her father posed for photos with soldiers and missile scientists, as she was described by state media as his 'most beloved' or 'precious' child.
, Kim Ju Ae and her father posed for photos with soldiers and missile scientists, as she was described by state media as his"most beloved" or"precious" child.
Author Ankit Panda, from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace thinktank, said the image of Ju Ae standing alongside her father and experts involved in the launch"would support the idea that this is the start of her being positioned as a potential successor". Speculation that Mr Kim's eldest child is a son has led some experts to question how a daughter can take over, given the deeply male-dominated, patriarchal nature of North Korean society.
"If this is true, and if we assume that the male child - who has yet to be revealed - will be the heir, is Ju Ae truly Kim's most 'precious,' from a succession standpoint?Chun Su-jin, a South Korean author, cautioned that the chance of North Korean elites welcoming Mr Kim's daughter as their ruler is almost zero." is just staging a show that he is a loving father, not just a brutal dictator who shoots missiles.
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