{"id":25393,"date":"2026-02-12T20:29:59","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/12\/kims-daughter-on-track-to-become-north-koreas-next-leader\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:29:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:29:59","slug":"kims-daughter-on-track-to-become-north-koreas-next-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/2026\/02\/12\/kims-daughter-on-track-to-become-north-koreas-next-leader\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim&#8217;s Daughter on Track to Become North Korea&#8217;s Next Leader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<h3>North Korea&#8217;s Kim Jong Un May Be Grooming His Daughter for Leadership<\/h3>\n<p>South Korea&#8217;s National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported to lawmakers on Thursday that Kim Jong Un&#8217;s young daughter could be positioned to take on a leadership role in North Korea. She is believed to be around 13 years old and goes by the name Kim Ju Ae. <\/p>\n<p>During a closed meeting, NIS officials explained they are watching closely for signs of her involvement at the upcoming Workers\u2019 Party Congress, as noted by lawmaker Lee Seong Kweun.<\/p>\n<p>Previously, the NIS referred to Kim Ju Ae&#8217;s training as &#8220;successor training,&#8221; but they have now upgraded this to &#8220;successor-designate stage,&#8221; indicating a marked shift in direction.<\/p>\n<p>Reports also suggest that Kim Jong Un and his wife may have an older son and a younger child, though the gender remains unknown.<\/p>\n<p>North Korea continues to be a major nuclear threat in the world. A 2025 U.S. Intelligence Community report stated that Kim is committed to expanding North Korea&#8217;s nuclear arsenal and advancing missile technology. This poses risks not just to the U.S. but to their allies in the Asia-Pacific region.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship between North Korea and Russia has also become more intertwined, with Russia allegedly supporting North Korea&#8217;s nuclear ambitions in return for Pyongyang&#8217;s backing in the war against Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>With leadership potential for Kim Ju Ae being discussed, the world will be watching closely how this situation develops in the coming months.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korea&#8217;s Kim Jong Un May Be Grooming His Daughter for Leadership South Korea&#8217;s National Intelligence Service (NIS) reported to lawmakers on Thursday that Kim Jong Un&#8217;s young daughter could be positioned to take on a leadership role in North Korea. She is believed to be around 13 years old and goes by the name<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":25394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[462,5339,19064,3547,2028],"class_list":["post-25393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-news","tag-asia","tag-north-korea","tag-nuclear-proliferation","tag-south-korea","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indiabulletinusa.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}