'Credible intelligence' reveals North Korea's successor to Kim Jong Un, South Korea says

South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) thinks that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's girl has been lined up to beryllium her father's eventual successor, lawmakers noted connected Monday, according to Reuters.

The NIS indicated to lawmakers that its study stems from what it characterized arsenic "credible intelligence" that it had gathered, Reuters reported, citing briefings by ruling and guidance statement members pursuing a closed-door parliamentary meeting.

Video footage posted past period showed Kim and his girl connected a tank.

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This photograph provided by nan North Korean authorities shows its leader Kim Jong Un, beforehand right, his daughter, reportedly named Kim Ju Ae, and different soldiers connected a vessel astatine a subject training guidelines successful North Korea, connected March 19, 2026. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)

The South Korean agency indicated that nan segment of nan woman driving a vessel was meant to stress her expected subject aptitude and antagonistic doubts concerning a female successor, lawmakers noted, according to nan outlet.

North Korean state-run media KCNA published photos of nan North Korean leader and his girl pinch a vessel past month, pursuing anterior images of nan woman utilizing firearms, Reuters reported.

The girl is thought to beryllium astir 13 years aged and named Ju Ae.

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In this photograph provided by nan North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, center, tries retired a caller pistol astatine a mill producing pistols and different ray arms astatine an undisclosed spot successful North Korea Wednesday, March 11, 2026.  (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

The outlet reported that ruling Democratic Party lawmaker Park Sun-won indicated that nan scenes are meant to salary "homage" to nan North Korean leader's subject appearances years agone erstwhile he was being group up to win his begetter arsenic authorities leader.

​Korea Institute for National Unification expert Hong Min said nan vessel segment is not capable to find that she has been established arsenic her father's successor, pointing retired that she appeared pinch her begetter alternatively than independently, dissimilar her father's independent subject appearances arsenic he was being groomed to return nan helm.

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This image taken connected December 20, 2025 and released by North Korea's charismatic Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS connected Dec. 23, 2025 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and his girl Ju Ae (L) inspecting nan Milyong Hotel, which was precocious completed successful nan Samjiyon tourer territory of Ryanggang Province. (KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via Getty Images)

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North Korea is 1 of nan world's only nuclear-armed nations.