00:00Meanwhile, South Korea's spy agency now believes North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's teenage daughter
00:06has been positioned as his successor, according to lawmakers.
00:10They cited a recent public display of her driving a tank that was likely intended to dispel any doubts.
00:18The National Intelligence Service told lawmakers its assessment was not based on circumstantial inference,
00:24but on what it described as credible intelligence collected by the agency.
00:29North Korea's state-run media KCNA last month published photos of Kim and his daughter driving a new tank,
00:36following earlier images showing her firing a rifle at a shooting range and using a handgun.
00:42Such scenes are intended to pay homage to Kim's own public military appearances during the early 2010s,
00:48when he was being prepared to succeed his own father.
00:51The latest assessment of Kim's daughter, who is believed to be around 13 and named Joo-ae,
00:57is a progression from earlier analysis by the spy agency,
01:00which said she was likely being groomed to succeed her father.
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