The teenage daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is preparing to rule the country.
According to South Korea's spy agency, the successor is being trained by her father and the government cabinet.
Ju Ae first appeared in public two years ago and many rumors circulated that she will be the next leader.
Ju Ae, who has been called a "respected daughter" and "love child" by state media, is a candidate to be the successor in the Kim family that has ruled the state since its founding in the late 1940s.
"North Korea has hinted at Kim Ju Ae as a successor candidate and is taking lessons from her father," lawmaker Lee Seong-keun of the ruling People's Party told reporters after a parliamentary session. "They have raised the bar." of propaganda and the frequency of its presentation, taking into account the public's reaction to it," said Lee.
Ju Ae first appeared on North Korean state media in November 2022 wearing a white winter coat, holding her father's hand as she watched a nuclear-capable missile designed to obliterate an American city.
Since then she has appeared at weapons tests, state functions and even sporting events, always with her father.
Kim's daughter's role in state propaganda appears to be telling the public that another generation is waiting to rule the family dynasty and that it will rely on nuclear weapons for its survival.
South Korea's spy agency has put her age at around 11 and believes she is the second of three children between Kim and his wife, Ri Sol Ju.
One of Ju Ae's biggest moments was in February 2023, when she joined her mother and father at a party honoring the military and was placed front and center in a photo with some of the most powerful members of the military. armed.