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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has selected his daughter as his heir, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers on Thursday.

Kim Ju Ae - who is believed to be 13 - has in recent months been pictured beside her father in high-profile events like a visit to Beijing in September, her first known trip abroad.

The National Intelligence Service (NIS) said it took a "range of circumstances" into account including her increasingly prominent public presence at official events" in making this assessment.

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[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 25 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I was hoping the era of women leaders was going to be a little less fascist. Does anyone have a link to the article not behind a paywall?

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 19 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

What Thatcher taught us was that it's acceptable for women to be in charge as long as they're overtly callous.

[–] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 47 minutes ago

There was nothing acceptable about that monster.

Well, her reign of terror might have spawned a generation of pretty good fantasy and science fiction writers, to be fair, probably as a form of escapism, but that doesn't come close to compensating for all the harm she did.