Kim's daughter visits family mausoleum, promoting her potential status as heir in North Korea

[Omaha Steve]

Source: AP

By HYUNG-JIN KIM
Updated 1:35 AM CST, January 2, 2026
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made her first known visit to a sacred family mausoleum, a step that experts say bolstered her status as her father’s potential heir.

The visit, which occurred on New Year’s Day on Thursday, even sparked speculation that the girl, reportedly named Kim Ju Ae and aged about 13, could be named a high-level official at the upcoming ruling Workers’ Party congress.

Images carried by North Korea’s state media on Friday showed Kim Ju Ae standing in the front row with her parents and deeply bowing at Pyongyang’s Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, where the embalmed bodies of her late grandfather and great-grandfather are on display.

The palace is “a place that symbolizes legitimacy of the North Korean regime” and her visit there ahead of the Workers’ Party congress is a politically orchestrated move, said Cheong Seong-Chang, deputy head of the private Sejong Institute in South Korea.



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[Javaman]

1. what a truly weird photo. nt

[fujiyamasan]

4. If they deviate from standing absolutely straight they probably get fed to the dogs

[reACTIONary]

6. I would really like to have seen someone....

.... in that photo smiling or grinning. Or sticking out their tongue!

[GB_RN]

2. I Have To Wonder If...

Kim Jong-Un’s psychopathic, homicidal sister will have something to say about this. She seems like the type to knock off a family member for her own power.

[3Hotdogs]

3. The tyke should be wary offers of a cup'a tea.

[fujiyamasan]

5. Yeah this is succession to another level

[Kaleva]

7. I agree

[valleyrogue]

8. He better watch his step. So should she. He has a very ambitious sister. n/t