{"id":17152,"date":"2026-03-12T17:45:41","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/north-korea-unveils-image-of-kims-daughter-firing-pistol\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T17:45:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T17:45:41","slug":"north-korea-unveils-image-of-kims-daughter-firing-pistol","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jobuzo.com\/en\/north-korea-unveils-image-of-kims-daughter-firing-pistol\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korea unveils image of Kim’s daughter firing pistol"},"content":{"rendered":"
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North Korea released an image on Thursday of leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter firing a pistol, weeks after photos showed her shooting a rifle — once again stoking speculation she is being groomed as heir.<\/p>\n

Kim’s teenage daughter Ju Ae featured prominently in state photos published to mark the closing stages of the nuclear-armed country’s key ruling Workers’ Party congress last month.<\/p>\n

She has long been seen as next in line to rule the country, a perception stoked by a string of recent high-profile outings, as well as a rare image released late last month of her firing a rifle at a shooting range.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang’s state media released an image of Ju Ae firing what looked like a pistol with one eye closed, flames shooting from the muzzle of the gun.<\/p>\n

She was attending an event, along with her father, at a “major munitions factory” that produces new pistols and other “portable light arms”, Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said.<\/p>\n

State media images showed the duo, donning matching leather jackets — often seen as a symbol of power in North Korea — being briefed by officials as they inspected the facility.<\/p>\n

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There, leader Kim visited the factory’s “shooting gallery” where he got to test the “new-type” pistol himself, and expressed satisfaction over the weapon’s “excellence”.<\/p>\n

The Kim family has ruled North Korea with an iron grip for decades, and a cult of personality surrounding their “Paektu bloodline” dominates daily life in the isolated country.<\/p>\n

Despite her young age, “it appears the regime is trying to cultivate the image of a strong and formidable woman,” Lim Eul-chul, a North Korea expert at South Korea’s Kyungnam University, told AFP.<\/p>\n

“The pistol-shooting scene clearly serves to signal that she is cultivating the attributes of a military leader.”<\/p>\n

Ju Ae was publicly introduced to the world in 2022 when she accompanied her father to an intercontinental ballistic missile launch.<\/p>\n

Before then, the only confirmation of her existence had come from former NBA star Dennis Rodman, who visited the North in 2013.<\/p>\n

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North Korea released an image on Thursday of leader Kim Jong Un’s teenage daughter firing a pistol, weeks after photos showed her shooting a rifle — once again stoking speculation she is being groomed as heir. Kim’s teenage daughter Ju Ae featured prominently in state photos published to mark the closing stages of the nuclear-armed…<\/p>\n

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