Kim Jong Un's daughter sparks succession rumors

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "All the visitors made a firm pledge to fulfill their responsibility and duty in the vanguard of accomplishing the sacred cause for the eternal prosperity and development of the great DPRK and the promotion of the people's well-being, true to the ideas and leadership of Kim Jong Un with single‑minded loyalty," according to the Korean Central News Agency.
58% : Kim Jong Un, his wife Ri Sol-Ju and daughter Ju Ae joined officials at the mausoleum on New Year's Day to pay their respects to Kim Jong Il and Kim Il Sung, the supreme leader's father and grandfather, whose embalmed bodies are on display..
57% : North Korean state media has released photos of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, with her father at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in her first public appearance at the symbolically important site.
57% : Though Pyongyang's palace politics are always opaque, Ju Ae, believed to be in her early teens, is viewed by some as a sign of growing confidence in Kim Jong Un's chosen successor and a potential heir, and as a continuation of leadership within the Kim dynasty.
52% : " Michael Madden, nonresident fellow at the Stimson Center, wrote for that think tank's North Korea‑focused publication 38 North in October: "Kim Jong Un will have to tweak the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's political and decision‑making culture to accommodate a potential co‑leadership and create the process and organizational interface to ensure a smooth transition.
47% : But given Kim Jong Un's wife, Ri Sol‑ju, also appeared at the location, it strongly points to a family image.
45% : Some North Korea watchers have pointed how unprecedented a female ruler would be for the patriarchal society and argued that Ju Ae's increased visibility may be more about reinforcing Kim Jong Un's image as a father and head of a stable ruling bloodline.

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