Why Kim Jong Un’s Daughter Is All Over North Korean Media | WSJ
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- Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
- North Korean state media has started showing Kim Jong Un’s young daughter by the leader’s side, triggering speculation about the country’s succession plans.
WSJ’s Dasl Yoon analyzes the significance of these appearances.
Photo: KCNA/via Reuters
0:00 What significance does Kim Jong Un’s daughter have to the North Korean regime?
0:40 How Kim Ju Ae could help justify North Korean military expansion
1:48 Kim Ju Ae might also soften her father’s image
2:15 Is Kim Ju Ae in line to succeed Kim Jong Un?
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"Bring your daughter to work day" was never this intense before
Maybe he divorced his wife and got the custody of the child.
@@xtremity229 i don't think something like happens in a country like NK😂 and he is still with his wife coz in another recent video I saw he and his wife being emotional at some national function.
This would put the oldest daughter in the background,now the youngest is appearing in public more regularly,but the oldest has appeared in public before when Kim was ill supposedly,a few years ago,but in a Dictatorship it can be hard to know if the younger daughter will be the next leader. She being in public more often could be a sign,but in NK it's really hard to know.🇰🇵🚜
@@xtremity229 This is North Korea not the US where women cheat, get divorced, get custody of children and take half the money of a man. The law is totally skewed towards women in the US and it'll be one of very few places where the system favors them. On the other hand, that luxury doesn't exist culturally in many places especially North Korea so his wife and children are going nowhere.
@@soul_1756
Then maybe the nanny escape to SK. 😁
This guy sure knows how to grab headlines and stay in the news.
He's actually a billionaire celebrity we have up there at this point.
A great leader and a father
The Wall Street Journal sure has fallen off the map. 48K views and 114 comments. Buying views.
Almost like his life depends on it
@@CrimsonAlchemist Yup, he's the best leader. Have you ever lived in NK by any chance?
imagine a power struggle between this girl and her aunt
The ignorant viewers who are fooled by videos like this are truly deplorable. Common people in North Korea are forced to live in prison-like poverty with no human rights.
@@DynamicMoment-dl2xx wut u on about
His daughter is the only kid I see that is well fed. 😮😮
yea you only see that because of bbc and cnn
Kinda like Sally Struthers appearance on South Park😅
She looks just like him
This is actually a very good analysis, most observers think this is him presenting his successor, when in fact he is trying to craft an image of the “family man”, he and his sister are playing good cop bad cop, his sister is the one that’s radical, with the strong rhetoric, while Kim Jong un presents himself as a new softer leader, more in touch with the common people, a father.
that is going to be a potential for a power struggle if things get messy.....
They all are kind of scary.
Whether or not he's crafting is one thing,but one thing for sure kids are a bit more honest and transparent,and judging by their body language and hers,unless she was a gifted child actor like the boy from a.i. and sixth sense....it is impossible for people especially children to feign that kind of body language if they truly weren't close to their parents...I have never seen someone act that natural and open with someone unless they were extremely close and psychologically intimate with each other.....
And the way they responded to each other,she was clearly teasing him and he was nodding back sarcastically......
Kim jong UN is truly blessed, to possess and share such a genuine connection with his daughter....and
His sisters is a realist. She knows how to conduct herself when she encounters an enemy. What would you do when the largest empire in the world is trying to topple your government? North Korea's nuclear weapons are used as a deterrent mechanism to keep the U.S at bay. Anyone could understand this, however, we don't and instead to instigate more conflict.
No one knows anything about his sister, blames his sister for the regime's crimes or sees him as the Good Cop, so this effort, real or imagined is irrelevant and has failed, if it exists.
The entire country looks and feels like a movie set.
That’s literally what it is. I’ve been on a NK binge and I’ve seen that it’s nothing more than a movie set. Beautiful and completely empty airport. Empty stores etc
It actually like a play.
It's looks like a simulation game for PSP
Lol true
So does ours 😂
I think the analysis is correct. Kim is trying to portray himself as a family man, a 'softer' leader in contrast to his father and grandfather. I mean it's a bit early for him to be presenting a successor.
He could be training a successor. Historically, military dictators benefit a lot from being trained from childhood. However, this also turns into a threat to their father. So choosing a female successor is a smart move on Kim's part - he can look like a dolting father, while giving the best training he could for a successor that's unlikely to be able to usurp him.
He has to act softer ofcourse the world is changing and people do smuggle foreign goods or video showing how peaceful life is outside while they r living in isolation makes them question and possible revolution as well so kim is trying to soften tht image
The ignorant viewers who are fooled by videos like this are truly deplorable. Common people in North Korea are forced to live in prison-like poverty with no human rights.
How do you know? Everyone fights for what they believe in. The same with you, we are born into a propaganda. Break free and see that we are all humans. Can we not find peace? Be like naruto.
No better bond between father and daughter than watching some nuclear bombs together :)
The daughter looks a lot like her mother
I guess Kim Jong Un likes showing off his child who didn't come from a mistress
@@lalakuma9 Which he clearly doesn't have
She really does 😲!
But a lot fatter
@@kritagyashahi5710 like her father
What did the generals do to deserve that much medals... 😂
Social credit points
It also acts as bullet proof jacket
@@ricky6608 wrong country
Resist American imperialism during the Korean War
Inheritance. If your father or grandfather had gotten medals then after their death, you are then awarded those medals
Imagine breaking her heart
Fast way to meet your maker.
Sad that he's going to change that cute innocent child into a ruthless dictator.
After a specialist for North Korean politic scene, ever since she’s been appearing in public or political events, step by step, her appellation or title has been escalated from a simple “cherished daughter of..” to “endearing comrade, the daughter of..” by military and party officers. This means she is getting recognition as political successor in NK.
yes thats very obvious, in case something happened to him in the future, very wise talaga haha
Potential successor. It's too early to tell if that 9 year old has what it takes to be a dictator, or even loyal enough to him. Doesn't mean she doesn't have what it takes, it's just too early to tell. She's a freaking 9 years old! Most people in his shoes will want to have multiple potential successors for obvious insurance reason. Then test them over some period of time before choosing the "best" one as heir apparent.
unless kim gets a son, the only reason why they're supporting her is cause she's the only heir of kim. the tables will turn pretty quick if he gets a son
Here we go again.
Another bunch of Fake News.....
Nah she us second. Definetly having son.
The fact that people are falling for his "family man/ loving father" persona really shows. You'd think this man is not afraid to go against his daughter if she decides to "free" North Korea or go against what he stands for?
I'm thinking that too. Maybe teenage rebellion phase will be "FREE NORTH KOREA" 😂
Well he likes basketball, so i believe he has personality but no doubt he probably won't hesitate to kill
He already killed his half brother xd
FOR REAL THE COMMENTS ARE LIKE SOFTENING UP
They must to at least pretend to believe that, cause if they wont they end up killed
She looks very much like her mom, really pretty and lovely. Kim probably has multiple women but this daughter is undoubtedly from the lady he married.
Don’t forget about the fact he sleeps with girls 13 and up till there seemed to old around the age of early 20 s
The mother, I feel sad for her.. she was always behind them and follows where ever he is..
It suddenly hit me that North Korea has two people with obesity now.
They're not obese. Rest of NK is malnutrition lol
Lol this is the best comment here
Rice obesity
@@witelenor575 Rice is full of sugar. If you don't have to work, your body will be full of rice.
@@bobbymoss6160 huh?
She's fed well.
Father's love for their daughter is unmatch no matter how ruthless the father is
You obviously don't know how evil and murderous these people are. His daughter is not all there, so chances are she'll never be in-charge and will probably be executed, along with her mother, by her aunt.
nah not all fathers like that
@@cryptotaurus333 ha ha they are better because they haven't found western influence
Ya sure? Evil people don't care if the person standing in front of them is their parent, friend, sibling or a child - they wouldn't even flinch or care if they kill someone of their family
@@cryptotaurus333
And of course you people always have to get hurt over something. Do you not have something better to do?? 🙄
Thank you and thank you for being respectful to Wyatt in Anderson in Bandon Sebastian and take you to your daughter to 1:18
Kim: OK now touch my face, just like we practiced. OK that's enough
Yep.
This comment is underrated
I feel bad for this little girl already, she is going to grow up in a constant false image of life, and will be constantly forced to do everything by her father's will
Flagwaver, Yes, and she will grow up to automatically hate the West!
It would be hard for any of us to imagine the psychological indoctrination and egomaniacal upbringing this girl has already endured at 10 years old. It would be miraculous if she doesn't grow up to be a psychopath.
If they dare to send her to Disneyland once!
Awwwww only in the west it’s bad that a father is raising his daughter
Self indoctrination is a thing so if she starts picking up habbits of her father dont be suprised if we have wars in the next few years female leaders have the tendency to call for wars
Good and informative thanks
I love the thumbnail image. Soldiers with ALL those medals; a force that hasn't heard a shot in anger since 1953. These must be medals for surviving multiple famines.
Honestly like what are all those medals even for? For hosting a plentiful banquet while the rest of their country starves and suffers?? Yes, what an honorable award indeed. 🗿
I feel sorry for her. Probably she thinks everyone in North Korea has a life like hers. Bit of a shock if she finds out the truth.
US history past and present is the shocker.
I think we also comment the same when Kim Jong Un was still a same age like her
sorry for her? are u kidding? military generals bow down to her.
@@bowwm0912 She doesn't have freedom & most likely never will. Might not seem like a big deal to you but that's an innocent child already put to work to protect her father's image
And do we know how people in North Korea actually live?
Yeh she shouldn’t defy her father and watch what she says, because even if he acting as a loving father, he probably wouldn’t think twice about a disappearance. He didn’t mind making others, including family disappear. He is terrifying. I’m so glad to be born and live in a basically free country.
In contrary to his heartless sister, father and grandfather, Un is a bit more egalitarian, the video 'A Dictator's Dilemma' does a good job explaining why Un does what he does, and why. Giving the people more freedom would mean regime change and putting his entire family at risk (what would you do?) at least according to recent defectors food got much more varied, even this rotten fish sauce that was a MUST eat is now just something that is used for taste, per example. He also recently announced to overhaul farming and agriculture and once shed some tears when the nation was suffering due to flooding (though it could have been theater play).
@@DutchGuyMike I’ve seen videos and read comments about his sister. Someone said he was the puppet and she was pulling the strings. I do imagine she is just as evil.
@@Melissa-JC Yeah, Kim Jong Il even said that if women could be supreme leader in NK he would have chosen her as leader, as the sons were (in his own words) "boneheads". That sister even has that horrible "I don't care about 1000s of civilians deaths" face that the father and grandfather both have. I wouldn't be surprised if she was dealing with the nastier things.
Shes just a PUPPET! The real ruller will be the SON NOT the daughter... He is being trained and kept in secret and will be the REAL RULLER behind close doors...
You jealous 😁😅🤣🤣
The ignorant viewers who are fooled by videos like this are truly deplorable.
Common people in North Korea are forced to live in prison-like poverty with no human rights.
Really wish they make a sequel to interview 😂
She always looks calm and interested in what she is seeing. I watched her videos with Kim, she always smiles. For 10 yrs old being in that huge military events and look calm is extraordinary!. Maybe she is the one who asked her father to join him in military engagements, who knows
It is not extraordinary for a child of dictator.
Also psychopaths are born and are hereditary.
I’m sure she runs his life. The look in her father’s eyes says everything
@@rickofpolynesia8070 ….
Your naive reaction to the brainwashing propaganda of North Korea suggests you would fit right in there.
His daughter certainly brings a good dose of humanism to the image of a leader who normally appears as a mysterious or even frightening leader. I think Kim Jong Un could certainly benefit from his father figure to show himself as a caring and family-oriented person.
So long as his own daughter doesn’t rebel against him in the future that is.
@@mai_822 he has machine gun ready, like he did with his uncle. This regime is barbaric.
@@denysivanov3364 but who knows maybe his daughter can outsmart him in the future. She’s his daughter after all. As you said this regime is barbaric.
@@denysivanov3364 and how put a hit on the assassination of his brother Kim Jong Nam in Malaysia. Ruthless.
Ross are you that naive, ???
it's interesting how even cruel people who don't mind killing and ruining other people's family can be such loving parents and care for their children
not just him bit also other dictators, soldiers....
as long as his daughter obedient yeah she is safe...
lol and thus you have been played. HARD
Actually there is a theory that people who love their families(or any inner circle they belong to) more are harshier to outsiders than people who don't. Which makes sense when you think about it, since people who love their families would be eager to provide more which means they are not reluctant to steal resources from outsiders. Historically, numerous ruthless rulers happened to be sweet partners and parents to their closed ones. Ironically, their extensive love for their closed ones became fuel to cruelness behaviors to non-closed ones.
@@sep4957 cool theory!
Cause strangers are people they don't know
I see a bunch of snappy dressed doorman with a chest full of car emblems 😂
I saw a picture of Kim signing something, and his daughter standing behind him smiling, in the exact same way his wife would stand. His daughter's been well groomed, that's for sure.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought that
Kim was just pretending to sign something, instead he was drawing some doodles, and his daughter could not stand smiling.
How crazy to think Kim, his daughter & wife are healthy and fat while 95% of teenagers in North Korea are starving and emaciated!
@@arkive88I don’t know about healthy but definitely fat.
The ignorant viewers who are fooled by videos like this are truly deplorable. Common people in North Korea are forced to live in prison-like poverty with no human rights.
I like that the North Korean upperclass and government have just embraced the villainous attire
Facts. They’re not even trying to play anymore and stylistically it fits the communist jackboot look.
They gotta dress for the role 😂
Winsn avry parson korean❤
The ignorant viewers who are fooled by videos like this are truly deplorable. Common people in North Korea are forced to live in prison-like poverty with no human rights.
He probably have a son who's schooling in the states or Russia who's gonna take over soon.
the medals on the generals😂
Ain’t nobody gonna talk about the fact that she looks exactly like her mother!? Edit: I know they are related and cause of genes and stuff but it’s so cute
right. like a clone
Aintnobodygottimefothat!
@@rezamotori5709 It's 2023
Very adorable little girl. Sad that this is her family.
@@melsin1143 wdym?
I’ve noticed Kim seems to trust females more than males. His wife, sister, aunty and now his adorable little daughter.
Nor that I have many hopes she'll put some sense into her dad's mind,there is always hope
It's not respect, but fear . 😂😂😂😂
Praying that she is somehow taught of her father’s atrocities and tries to rectify his horrible actions, since she will likely be groomed to succeed him
She will probably die from Heart Disease by 25.
Who tf would throw an opportunity of absolute power out the door??
A brainwashed nobody would.....power is the best thing a human can have
@@fukgoogle4912You’re honestly one of the more sensible people I’ve come across on RUclips
@@fukgoogle4912hey kill their own ppl, the ppl they should love, the ppl they should unite.
North Korea is a dictatorship which hasn’t anything to do with the normal meaning of “power”
A capital city full of brainwashed bots, which separates the “rich” from the extremely poor.
There are video’s on youtube where children from around 8yo beg for food on the street, without legs.
There are many more other disturbing and heartbreaking videos filmed by normal North Koreans risking their lives to expose the regime.
I hope his daughter changes course when taking over, but I bet she won’t.
And you just waffled the most ridiculous bs ever my friend.
What attrocities so far tho since his reign? Un is the most progressive guy so far since his grandad.
There is obviously no food shortage in North Korea. Obesity and clogged arteries seem to be a family favourite pass time.
🤣🤣🤣🤣 yep
@@Fourtune1 Or “don’t feed a junk yard dog” and let’s see how being hangry it will be.
I would gather that you are not familiar with the expression “we are three meals away from anarchy”.
That was the Bolshevik revolution that overthrew the czar of Russia and it became communist.
Stay woke
Just the leaders get the most food. Those of the poor get next to nothing. Have you heard about the ones who just barely escape to South Korea with their lives? What do you think happens to what's left of their families after that?
for the rich and connected yes
On 2:07 minute, where he is sitting on a sofa - sidelocks hanging from under his hat would make the photo just perfect
Kim and his daughter eat 2/3 of the whole countries food.
Great journalism!
Is nobody going to mention the fact that it looks like he told his daughter to hold his face at the beginning?? It looks like he told her to, she didn’t hear him and said ”huh” and he told her again, then she did held his face dearly.
I don’t know Korean but it looks quite evident that it wasn’t natural.
American... 🤦
Tankyou and ok i will
What a peaceful daddy.........
Kim looks like an old man after he introduced his daughter to the world... Also his daughter must be so naive since she knows nothing about the world instead only know North Korea will be the strongest nation in the future (according to her father). Poor kid.
She would execute as fast as she can post a TikTok.
With nukes
She is like eren from attack on titan not knowing about the outer world and why they might attack
@@ebennoble5270 and look how that ended everyone died but eren their nation won in the end 😂
He loves her, period. She’s allowed to touch his shoulder, his face and even hold hands. Even British royalty could never.
Mommy
I find it so hillarious that they won't even let their own children touch them. That's so weird
@@cg6176 some cultures are not familiar with physical contact... japanese culture for example
Wait what? Their children aren't allowed to touch them!?🤨
@@cg6176 it's against the rules for reptilian youngsters to touch adult reptilians because adult reptilians have sharp scales.
She’s clearly eating better than 99% of the North Korean population!!!😳
I find it hard to believe he wouldn't carry on tradition and make his son the new supreme commander. I think it is interesting but, unless he had no son (which he does), I cannot see DPRK breaking with the male domination of the society and him installing his daughter. I think it is about showing the slightly softer side after launching over 100 missiles last year. Lots of aggression in the posturing and language. More than ever before that I can recall.
I believdthe boy is too young for these things
The son might be gay.
Don't forget he had his cousin murdered in Malaysia not too long ago.
@@malus1426 .....? what....? haha
Unless he went all House of the Dragon on North Korea
At this point Kim Ju Ae is like the main character for all those father-daughter manga I read. A tyrant father who is a fool for his daughter and a lovely innocent daughter. OMG now time will tell if it's the daughter before reincarnation or after.
Read too much BS
@@Meow33109 it ain't my fault that ppl like you write reply to me.
Not If she grows up to be like her aunt
Oh my god I have just thought that ..but all those mangas are highly problematic ..
@@victoryv116 I mean ,I can't deny. They have fav child and then sometimes those Fathers are pretty cruel until and unless child proves to be useful or a bit "different". Which is not good. Every child deserves a loving parent.
I am trying to make sense of the decorations on the generals behind the table. Is it left to right high to low, or center to sides high to low, or ....?
those generals got their whole resume pinned up on their coats 💀
Thanks for another fine presentation 😊
The ignorant viewers who are fooled by videos like this are truly deplorable. Common people in North Korea are forced to live in prison-like poverty with no human rights.
She certainly has only true friends
so thats where all the villagers food has gone
At least we can work out where all the food is going .
She's freaking cute. I hope she will be different, in good way, from her father and grandpa.
Narrator: …she wasn’t
She got 💀evil
She is not allowed to be different.
They never are!
If that actor doesn't touch face of the dictator, She will have to eat grass like the rest of the outskirts
That kid is Kim's own daughter, so I don't think so.
Med all respekt och kärlek för er alla💖💖💖
I wonder if she Caressed his face because if the camera or I'd he told her too. You see her acknowledge the camera both time before she does it
I want to hug both of them. They look so cuddly.
More like hugging devil and demon
Great work!
Wow, such medals, much conflicts seen....
Incredible , Welcome however ! 🎉 Compliments 🎉
Amazing presentation! Thank you😊
Doesn’t matter what image he is trying to create. The sister won’t be too happy. Shame to see what is probably a nice kid destroyed one way or the other.
❤Great wishes ❤
Definitely weird for me to see someone grab this dudes face like that. First time I’ve seen someone so close to him.
He had a kid!?😂
I am surprised he didn't eat her.
Most people can. So what’s funny?
@@JC_inc What's funny is you missed a simple joke.
@@Nala_1230
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Funny you said. When I wrote the above comment, I was at a park sitting on grass smoking grass.
@@sentientartificialintelligence
Exactly.
Its like a theater.
I love how they're always clapping maniacally. Or else.
So I guess he’s not planning to send her aboard for education like how his father did to him and his brother, bought a counterfeit Brazilian Passport to study in Switzerland.
Guess Who: He did? I didn't know that.
Yes, him and his brother. I’m sure that’s where he fell in love with basketball.
His sister also went to Switzerland if I am not wrong. Everyone knows his daughter, I bet he has no intention to send her there.
He is the only father in the world who can start a World War for his daughter
Pyari betiyan 🙌 God bless puttar 🙌
The ridiculous of the medals of the officials !!!!!!
I'd say he's just putting her up as a prop, so he can look nice since he has a little girl who loves him. Its not about his health, he'll probably be there another 30 years. But he knows he's still better off keeping himself in the news than out of it.
Overweight family for extremely underweight country
Very Very nice Super i love YOU new post think
i don’t think her gender will be as much of an issue as some assume unless kim jong un wants a male heir. if his leadership is as strong as reported, i don’t believe anyone would be bold enough to tell him he should not choose his daughter as heir.
This is a great step forward for women's equality. Finally, women get the opportunity to become vile totalitarians too! You go girl!
Isn't Kim Yo-Jong already doing that, since she controls Un from behind?
It would be sad if North Korea got its first female leader before the US
I was just thinking the same thing
Don't worry, there would be a power struggle and she is going to 'mysteriously' disappear
S Korea’s first female President, Park geun-hye (2013-2017) was removed from office for corruption.
how about Trump's daughter as next president?
Why? Socialist countries are best for women's rights, always have been. Mao was a feminist, Cubas national parliament is a majority women, and all socialist countries(including north Korea) have much better maternity leave then the average capitalist countries
Such a lovely dad
Kolko je teşko dostignuti i odrasti ti sposobni i toliko vrijedni ljudi i dase to tako lako potroşiti za vojne ciljeve zar nije to previşe
Guess we know where the food goes...
He always hold her hand and his way of talking shows how loved that child is. Almost copy of her mother, a smiling beautiful child but with loy of calmness.
But North Korea is having a history of hiding its future ruler during childhood. So may be she's choosen to be military head but over all Ruler is still doubtful.
Nice Father he already introduce his lovely Daughter !
How sweet...
This is giving me a potential House of the Dragon plot.
Great analysis! The strategy does work! This girl is adorable! I can only think about how cute she looks with her father instead of looking at the big displays of authoritarianism and dictatorship 🤯
Childhood obesity is not cute
@@catherinethemba aside from that she’s still cute
Something with Bungalows, cute like a baby Puffadder.
She is probably going to use that to exert greater control over NK
@Bağyan🤬😡
Exactly to whom might this be a revelation? 🙄
how the heck this reporter also looks like kim jong un's daughter?
Other children of North Korea also deserves to have freedom and childhood like her.
Change the word "North Korea" to the USA then your sentence finally makes sense.
@@handsomejustinnk sympathiser
@@jaycenott2247what??
@@sketz9591 meant to say they're not holding nk government accountable. Instead they're blaming it on something else
We could all speculate forever, but it could simply be that she has shown an interest in what her Dad does “at work.”
He’s got many responsibilities but he may have just decided he needs to spend more time with her.
Children need their parents time, even when they are world leaders.
Oh please
Oh you're so funny!!!
True, though, highly doubt so.
Essa repórter é linda demais!
They sure have a lot of medals 😂
She looks a lot like her mother
I imagine if the Glorious Leader wants to get rid of his enemies he sends them for an MRI and insists they wear those medals. Where do we find such men.