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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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Well, when the rest of the world is lead by pedophiles, you play the card that will make taking them over easy.
Anything coming from SK about NK is extremely unreliable
So the US can’t even let women control their own bodies but North Korea can get a woman to lead the country? The fuck kind of timeline are we even on? Why haven’t the epstein files gotten the idiot impeached yet?
Why haven’t the epstein files gotten the idiot impeached yet?
'Cos most of the people who would impeach him are in said files?
I thought Mr. Nobutthole was invincible and would never die.
diversity win!
What fucking diversity, she’s still a Kim…
Well, most people there are…
Look at North Korea, breaking down those gender boundaries in the male-dominated dictatorship world.
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That photo makes me feel old - I remember when Kim Jong Un looked young and stupid, now he looks old and stupid
Exactly! When did he age that much? It’s crazy.
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
he has to play nice with XI, in order to get funding and AID from which NK is entirely dependant on china. helping russia is like straining thier resources too.
Finally, the people’s girlboss leader!
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?
What Thatcher taught us was that it’s acceptable for women to be in charge as long as they’re overtly callous.
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.
I didn’t hit a paywall, but this archive link should work for you.
Diversity win! This up and coming dictator is a young woman!
More 👏🏼 female 👏🏼 dictators 👏🏼
- Neoliberals, probably
Try tankies
Can we call her a minority?
Worldwide Asians are a majority.
You can, but she might have you shot for it
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So thats how communismn works
His sister is gonna coup that shit up.
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” 🤣
I hope she doesn’t get a cold, otherwise that would be a ‘coup queue cachoo’.
I am the walrus?
Shut the fuck up, Donny
Sorry, we’ve already assigned you the role of eggman.
I call the mighty Quin. 🤘🏻
Queoup
If the “p” is silent, is it also a homonym?
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Or she is going to get executed
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.
Coup what shit? This speculation seven layers deep.
Well there goes the legacy of terrible haircuts. Three generations of shite hair down the drain!
She hasn’t taken over yet. There’s still time!
Exhibit A:
Don’t underestimate her haircut styling skills!
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.
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.
Kim Han Sol
So close…
So close what?
O
Han Solo?
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.
Yes but it’s not “dude is going to croak any day now.”
Even more so as his status and position gives him access to the best medical care
I don’t know. Heart attacks are a real thing. Your 40s get weird with health stuff. I agree that I don’t think he is going to croak any day now, but it does seem like they are preparing for him to be gone. His father only lived to 60.
I don’t dispute in having a successor prepared for when the time comes. It’s just that for a monarchy it’s good policy to have an heir ready in the wings, otherwise you get a lovely power struggle.
In this case it would be between factions of the ruling elite that are die hard cultists and factions that didn’t drink the kool-aid and just want to stay in power.
Normally a population opposition would also be in the mix but unlike Venezuela and Iran NK seems to have taken care of that
Look what Obama looked like when he entered office and how he looked when he left. And i bet being at the top of North Korea, surrounded by people who whould absolutely love to acquire your position by all means would be… well… a bit more stressful.
surrounded by people who whould absolutely love to acquire your position by all means
You think the third generational decedent of a national hero is going to be toppled by his most fiercely loyal family friends?
If the Kim family could have been pushed out by coup within the military, the CIA would have financed that shit 40 years ago.
Why would they? There’s more power in having south Korea be an operating center in Asia, than overthrowing North Korea and allowing for possible reunification. Idk, seems like it would go against most of the CIAs goals that they usually have.
I remember just about every Kim not being very healthy. The jokes wrote themselves with Kim Jong-il.
Yep. And he died at 60. Younger Kim is on the same track.
Does he also have a giant tumor like his dad did?
I read a news article about that mentioned he was thrusted into power in his 20s so maybe he wanted to start introducing her to the system early.
I thouhgt he was in his early 40s like 10 years ago. Whoa!
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Let’s hope they don’t secretly have the protomolecule sample.
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.
You’ve activated my very stupid trap card called Teresa Duarte
Oh no, must I go to freehold now?
Just get there before it all shuts down
