00:00North Korea's next dictator might already have been chosen.
00:03It's Kim Jong-un's teenage daughter.
00:05Kim Jue is increasingly being seen at missile launches, military parades and major state
00:10events.
00:10Now, South Korea's National Intelligence Service says she may have moved beyond symbolic
00:15appearances and could be in line as a potential successor.
00:18Jue first appeared publicly in 2022 at an intercontinental ballistic missile test.
00:23She is believed to be around 13, though North Korea has never officially confirmed her age
00:28or even publicly named her.
00:29State media refer to her with unusually affectionate titles like Beloved Child and Great Person
00:34of Guidance.
00:35If confirmed, she would become the fourth generation of the Kim dynasty, which began with Kim Il-sung.
00:41But the succession picture isn't simple.
00:43Kim Jong-un's powerful 38-year-old sister, Kim Yo-jong, has long been seen as a key figure
00:49in the regime, handling high-level diplomacy and issuing sharp public statements.
00:53Yo-jong could emerge as a rival power center if the transition were to happen suddenly.
00:57Raising the possibility of an internal succession struggle.
01:00There's been no official announcement from Pyongyang.
01:03But in a country where succession is tightly controlled and deeply secretive, even small
01:07signals matter.
01:08And right now, all eyes are on Kim Jue.
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