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Kim Jong Un picks his 13-year-old daughter as successor

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 12, 2026
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She’s thirteen, wears her hair long (forbidden by her peers), and has been standing taller than her father in state photos lately. Kim Ju Ae, the only publicly acknowledged child of Kim Jong Un, has been designated as his successor, South Korea’s National Intelligence Service told lawmakers Thurs…

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