Kim Jong-un and his daughter attended a football match

On Saturday, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) announced another public event with the participation of the country’s leader Kim Jong-un. The leader, accompanied by his 12-year-old daughter Kim Joo-ae, reportedly attended the sports competition at a military sports complex in southeast Pyongyang.These events were held in honor of one of the two major holidays marked on Thursday. On February 16, the DPRK celebrated “Bright Star Day”, as the country of Juche poetically refers to the birthday of Kim Jong Il, the current leader’s father.According to the KCNA, the program of sports events consisted of a series of competitions, where the opponents were representatives of the armed forces and the Cabinet of Ministers. Judging by the results, the factor of the native walls helped the army. In the football match, they beat the officials 3-1, and in the tug of war competition, they were stronger twice in a row. The KCNA noted that the event inspired everyone to work for the good of the motherland and make 2023 “the year of great change.”A feature of the current event was that this time Kim Jong-un was again accompanied by his 12-year-old daughter, Kim Zhu-e, but this time, unlike the parade on February 8, they were not accompanied by the girl’s mother and wife Kim Lee Sol-zhu. Admittedly, in the second row, behind the chief and his daughter, sat the chief’s younger sister, that is, Kim Joo Ae’s aunt, Kim Yo-jong.This is Kim Joo Ae’s sixth public appearance since last November, when she was first shown to the North Korean people and the world. Official publications, as before, still did not indicate his name, calling him “the beloved child” – one of the epithets along with “respected, noble”, which has already been used about him.The event, in addition to first family members, was attended by representatives of the DPRK’s top leaders, including Prime Minister Kim Dok Hoon, Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam, Chief of General Staff of the DPRK Armed Forces Pak Su Il, Chief of the Main Political Directorate of the DPRK Armed Forces Chung Kyung Taek and high-ranking members of the Party Central Committee – Chon Yong Won, Lee Il Hwan, Kim Jae Ryong and d ‘others.The sixth public appearance of Kim Jong-un’s daughter, which is attracting attention with the leader, has once again sparked overseas speculation about Kim Jong-un’s plans for the girl’s future. There are two main points of view: according to one, Kim Joo-ae has in fact been named heir to the leader and has already begun to prepare for the future leadership, leading to key events. The second view is that such a probability is low, because Kim Joo-ae is too young and a woman is unlikely to be declared heiress in the DPRK.Commenting on Kim Jong-un’s main message and his daughter’s “appearance” on Friday, Yang Mu-jin, dean of the Institute of North Korean Studies in Seoul, noted the following in an interview with the agency. press release: , his family members and close relatives – approximately “RG”), having publicly attended a football game on “Bright Star Day”, thus underscoring the legitimacy and strength of their dynastic lineage …. Kim Yo-jong, who was absent among the officials during the parade on February 8, the senior leadership, who watched the event from the balcony, this time was able to remember and show their closeness and support for Kim Jong-un and to his daughter, that is to say his brother and his niece. It can be expected that the daughter of DPRK leader Kim Joo-ae will continue to appear in all kinds of propaganda, and not just at military events. The DPRK media still does not call it that and does not exalt it in any way. and it is too early to speculate whether she will become the leader’s official heir,” he said.South Korean experts also noted that Kim Jong-un, despite previous speculation about health problems, still did not quit smoking – there was an ashtray on the table in front of him.