Kim Jong-un has revealed his daughter and possible heir

NORTH KOREA – An unprecedented presentation between two missile launches. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un supervised the launch of his latest intercontinental ballistic missile accompanied by a special guest, which he presented to the world for the first time, in a message broadcast by the state-run KCNA agency this Saturday, November 19.

Amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, Kim also reiterated that he would use an atomic bomb in the event of a nuclear attack on his country following the launch of the Hwasong-17. “good luck”, according to KCNA. The United Nations Security Council also announced on Saturday that it would meet on Monday to discuss the situation.

KCNA, the only source of information from Pyongyang, spoke about Kim Jong Un’s family under these circumstances and emphasized that the leader accompanied him to the shooting. “beloved wife and (his) daughter”.

Kim is wearing a white shirt and red shoes, along with a young girl whose age and name have not been disclosed. Experts say this is the first official confirmation of her daughter’s existence.

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Amid rising tensions with Seoul and Washington, North Korea’s leader revealed his daughter for the first time before the missile launch.

The North Korean regime has never previously confirmed the presence of the leader’s family. South Korean intelligence services confirm that Kim married Ri Sol Ju in 2009, with whom he gave birth to three children between 2010 and 2017, without revealing the gender.

Power transmission

For Cheong Seong-chang, a North Korea expert at South Korea’s Sejong Institute, it could be Kim’s likely second child, Ju Ae. In 2013, the former NBA star of the American basketball league, Dennis Rodman, gave a rare witness to the existence of this child, whom he met while visiting Pyongyang.

His appearance has fueled speculation about a future dynastic transfer of power in North Korea after Kim Jong-un’s father, Kim Jong-il, and grandfather, Kim Il-sung. Friday’s launch is proof of that, according to Soo Kim, a former CIA analyst at the US intelligence agency. “The permanence of the Kim regime’s weapons program because it is integral to his own survival and the continuity of his family’s rule”.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) walks with his daughter in front of the Hwasong Gun 17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).

“This partly answers questions about succession”Added this analyst to AFP, today at the RAND Corporation. “We saw the fourth generation of Kims with our own eyes. His daughter, as well as other potential siblings, will surely be looked after by her father.”noted.

Nuclear threat

Friday’s latest missile launch confirmed for KCNA “The nuclear forces of the DPRK (abbreviation of North Korea’s official name, editor’s note) have once again reached a new credible maximum strength to deter any nuclear threat.”. Appeal to the UN body “Respond appropriately”The European Union, in turn, condemned it “dangerous, illegal and irresponsible act”.

The United States, South Korea and Japan have intensified joint military maneuvers in recent months after Kim Jong-un declared North Korea’s status as a nuclear power in September. “irreversible”. Seoul and Washington held the largest joint air drills in their history in late October and early November.

On Saturday, South Korea’s military announced the redeployment of an American B-1B bomber to the Korean Peninsula as part of new exercises between the two allies. But North Korea sees these shows of force as general exercises for encroaching on its territory or attempting to overthrow the regime.

Who even called them that“Battle Exercises of Hysterical Aggression” and promised to react “Resolutely to nuclear weapons to nuclear weapons and merciless confrontation to total confrontation”KCNA quotes.

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