North Korea has completed its five-year core project to construct 50,000 housing units in Pyongyang. During this process, an unusual scene of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s daughter, Kim Ju-ae, interacting directly with residents has drawn attention.

South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS) has told lawmakers that Kim Ju-ae, the teenage daughter of Kim Jong Un, may be entering a “successor-designate stage”.

The sudden rise of North Korea’s “first daughter” has sparked widespread speculation that Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is priming the young girl to be his successor. Kim Ju Ae, who is thought to be around 10 years of age, leaped into the spotlight amid ...

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On Tuesday, when Kim Jong Un stepped out of his private armoured train in Beijing and greeted the Chinese officials who were there to welcome him, a young girl was spotted standing behind the North Korean leader. Dressed in black with her hair tied back ...

FILE PHOTO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a ceremony to celebrate the completion of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone, in Wonsan, in North Korea, June 24, 2025. KCNA via REUTERS/File photo SEOUL (Reuters) -Kim Ju Ae ...

Ju Ae drew attention earlier this month when she made first official overseas trip with her father (File) South Korea's spy agency said Thursday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Ju Ae, who recently accompanied him on a high-profile visit to ...

Rigid patriarchy, the necessity of a male heir, and the threat of internal rivals ensure that the “Princess of Pyongyang” will remain a symbolic placeholder rather than a viable sovereign.