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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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[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 25 points 8 hours ago

Look at North Korea, breaking down those gender boundaries in the male-dominated dictatorship world.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 25 points 11 hours ago

Finally, the people's girlboss leader!

[–] skisnow@lemmy.ca 31 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

That photo makes me feel old - I remember when Kim Jong Un looked young and stupid, now he looks old and stupid

[–] lmagitem@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Exactly! When did he age that much? It's crazy.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I suspect the last decade of dealing with Trump and Xi hasn't been the easiest time of his life. Just look at before and after pics of normal US presidents. That job ages them a decade in 4 years

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 18 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours 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 14 points 8 hours ago

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

[–] Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 122 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Diversity win! This up and coming dictator is a young woman!

[–] Witchfire@lemmy.world 35 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

More 👏🏼 female 👏🏼 dictators 👏🏼

- Neoliberals, probably

[–] murvel@feddit.nu 2 points 9 hours ago

Try tankies

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[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 9 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Let’s hope they don’t secretly have the protomolecule sample.

[–] faintwhenfree@lemmus.org 1 points 13 hours ago

Eh if they did, I doubt they'd have long term patience to test validate and perfect a weapon before using it, they'd just dump it in the south and see what happens.

[–] Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world 90 points 1 day ago (4 children)

His sister is gonna coup that shit up.

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (7 children)

As she's then effectively getting in line, would that be a coup queue? Seems to track for NoKo. 🤪

Kinda makes me wish one of them thought screaming was singing, then we could dub them "NoKo Oh-No".

FWIW, the other thread I was fiddling with mentally was re: the term "chuffed" and its implied verb "to chuff" to create this headline: "Coup queue for NoKo chuff" 🤣

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[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Well there goes the legacy of terrible haircuts. Three generations of shite hair down the drain!

[–] ghost9@piefed.social 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

She hasn't taken over yet. There's still time!

[–] egrets@lemmy.world 5 points 22 hours ago
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[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

We are about to see some of the most effective utiliseations of girl power in history

[–] ameancow@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

We are about to see Kim Jong Un outsource the country's desperate need for overhaul to his own daughter to implement radical reforms so the country has a future, and then she will either succeed or more likely get coup'd and murdered horribly by her own relatives and generals and oligarchs who still run the country.

I'm sure Kimmy will be fine where he retires to though, likely it won't be North Korea, that's for sure.

[–] ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip 40 points 1 day ago (10 children)

He looks like shit for being in his early 40s. I wonder if there is something going on with his health and that’s why he is appointing a 13 year old heir. The article doesn’t elaborate on that but it says he “appears young and healthy.” He looks like he is about to pop. I don’t think I’d describe him as young or healthy looking.

[–] green_red_black@slrpnk.net 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children)

Kim isn’t in the best of shape but he isn’t at Donald Trump levels of poor health.

As for naming his daughter the heir to the throne it could be she is the only legitimate child he has.

In terms of male relatives the only one of the Kim family that is not as old or older than him (and not dead) is Kim Han Sol, and if anyone is paying attention it’s obvious why he isn’t getting the throne.

[–] regedit@lemmy.zip 5 points 10 hours ago (1 children)
[–] ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip 24 points 1 day ago (3 children)

He’s almost 40 years younger than Trump, so I don’t think it’s comparable. I’m the same age as Kim and I know no one who is in as bad as shape as him (maybe one or two co-workers who are morbidly obese). There is nothing healthy about being 5’3” and 275 lbs.

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[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 18 points 1 day ago (23 children)

Democracy is when you select an heir to your throne.

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