"The assessment by the national intelligence service (NIS) comes as North Korea is preparing to hold its biggest political conference later this month, where Kim is expected to outline his main policy goals for the next five years and take steps to tighten his authoritarian grip. In a closed-door briefing, NIS officials said they were closely monitoring whether Kim's daughter, believed to be called Kim Ju-ae and about 13 years old, would appear with him"
"She travelled with him to Beijing last September for Kim's first summit with Xi Jinping in six years, on the sidelines of a second world war memorial event. Speculation about her political future intensified last month when she joined her parents on a New Year's Day visit to Pyongyang's Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, a sacred family mausoleum displaying the embalmed bodies of her late grandfather and great-grandfather, the country's first- and second-generation leaders."
South Korea's national intelligence service assesses that Kim Ju-ae, believed to be about 13 years old, is close to being designated as North Korea's future leader as Kim Jong-un moves to extend the family dynasty to a fourth generation. North Korea will hold a major Workers' Party congress where Kim is expected to set policy for the next five years and consolidate power. Ju-ae has appeared increasingly in public at missile tests, military parades, factory openings, a Beijing summit, and a New Year's Day visit to the Kumsusan Palace, prompting reassessment despite prior doubts rooted in the regime's male-dominated traditions.
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