is ahead of his aunt, the ‘Sweet’ Kim Yo-jong

Or at least that is what the South Korean National Intelligence Service (NIS) believes, the best source to know the opaque communist republic, which has observed key movements such as its presence at the anniversary of the founding of the North Korean People’s Army (KPA) and its visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

In that enclosure rest the remains of Kim Il-sungfounder and “eternal president” of the country. That is, his great-grandfather, who was succeeded by his paternal grandfather, Kim Jong Ilpredecessor of Kim Jong-un. The three Kims have formed a peculiar monarchical republic.

The NIS presented an assessment during a closed-door briefing to the parliamentary intelligence committee. At its end, the legislators Park Sun-won y Lee Seong-kweun They explained that the intelligence service considers that ‘the daughter’ has entered “the stage of being designated as successor.”

Congresswoman Lee, who bypassed the parliamentary committee’s secrecy, said the latest NIS assessment was a step forward from the agency’s previous opinions, in which it had described Ju-ae as a girl who “was being trained” to become a successor, according to reports. Yonhap.

The NIS will keep a close eye on whether Ju-ae attends the important congress of the North Korean Workers’ Partyscheduled for the end of this month. It will be an event in which Jong-un announces his government policy, including military, diplomatic and economic affairs.

The party congress is the highest decision-making body of the Pyongyang regime.

It is expected that if Ju-ae appears at the party congress or is given an official title during the event, speculation that she is being groomed as Kim’s successor is expected to gain ground.

In this way, he imposes himself on his aunt Kim Yo-jong in the race to be the fourth member of her family to lead the Asian dictatorship.

Known as ‘Sweet One’, Yo-jong had become one of the most influential figures in the North Korean regime. Over the years, he had accumulated high positions within the single party and gained prominence in matters of propaganda, inter-Korean relations and official communication of the regime.

His face is associated with frequent threatening or critical statements towards other countries, especially the US and South Korea.

That image, cold as an iceberg, began to be forged in an apartment in Bern with his brother, Kim Jong-un. There he lived and studied at the Swiss public school of Liebefeld-Steinhölzliwhere she also attended ballet classes.

Under the pseudonym of Please waitwas the favorite of Kim Jong Ilwho also called her “the princess.”

There is much less than the public data known about Ju-ae, fathered by the dictator of Pyongyang and his wife Ri Sol-ju. In fact, not even his date of birth is known for certain.

With so little data, it is even more difficult to assume whether there is a possibility of a ‘North Korean style Carlist war’. However, if Ju-ae eventually succeeds her father, Jong-un’s example will be a precedent that makes her aunt sweat.

Not in vain, when he assumed supreme power, he began a brutal purga which claimed the lives of thousands of people who were considered loyal to the old guard or who might challenge their authority.

And among them, his maternal uncle Jang Song-thaek. Accused of treason and corruption, he was shot in public without mercy.