North Korea’s Kim Positioning Teenage Daughter As Successor

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is likely grooming his daughter as his eventual successor, South Korea’s intelligence agency told lawmakers Thursday, offering its strongest and most confident assessment yet of a potential hereditary transfer of power. Speculation over succession has swirled around the girl—believed to be named Ju Ae and around 13 years old—since her public debut. She has since accompanied Kim on a series of high-profile appearances, from weapons tests to diplomatic events, and

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