North Korean leader’s daughter fuels succession speculation with mausoleum visit

North Korean leader’s daughter fuels succession speculation with mausoleum visit

SpaceWar.com reports: “The North Korean leader’s daughter Kim Ju Ae has made her first public visit to a mausoleum housing her grandfather and great-grandfather, state media images showed Friday, further solidifying her place as likely next in line to run the nuclear-armed dictatorship.

The Kim family has ruled North Korea with an iron grip for decades, and a cult of personality surrounding their so-called ‘Paektu bloodline’ dominates daily life in the isolated country.

Current leader Kim Jong Un is the third in line to rule in the world’s only communist monarchy, following his father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung.

The two men — dubbed ‘eternal leaders’ in state propaganda — are housed in the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, a vast mausoleum in downtown Pyongyang…”

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