Overview
- State media released New Year photos showing the leader’s daughter at Pyongyang’s Kumsusan Palace of the Sun alongside Kim Jong Un and senior officials in her first documented visit there.
- KCNA’s images highlighted her presence even though official texts did not identify her by name or mention her attendance.
- The mausoleum, which enshrines Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, serves as a core site of dynastic legitimacy in North Korea’s political ritual.
- The girl, widely believed to be Kim Ju Ae and roughly 12 to 13 years old, has appeared at more than 40 public events since late 2022, an unusually frequent profile for a Kim family child.
- Analysts note rising visibility and local media report rumors that she could receive a party role at the upcoming congress, a possibility that remains unconfirmed.