During the North Korean leader reception Kim Jong Un to Beijingthe presence of a young girl standing just behind him was recorded and was discreetly smiling. According to analysts, it is Kim Ju-E, the daughter of the North Korean leader and one of his three children.
Kim Jong-un’s daughter’s appearance in Beijing is considered particularly important, as it is her first public presence abroad and rekindled rumors of succession which, if confirmed, will become the first female North Korean leader.
Photos posted by Pyongyang’s state media showed Kim Ju-SA to land from shielded train of her father In the Chinese capital. It was welcomed by Chinese officials, marking its first official international appearance. But the information we know about this girl – including her precise age – is few.
Although the regime She has never officially confirmed her name or her age, Ju-SA is not unknown to the public. Is believed to be a teenager. She has repeatedly appeared on her father’s side at official events, from trial launches of ballistic missiles to the inauguration of the Goncan Kalma, on the east coast of the country.
North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and his daughter have arrived in Beijing for China’s largest military parade marking Japan’s WWII surrender — his first major multilateral event in 14 years. pic.twitter.com/Id83eEPycE
— Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) September 3, 2025
If the estimates of many analysts are confirmed that this is the successor of Kim Jong-un, Ju-SA will be the fourth member of the Kim’s leading dynasty of the country since its founding in 1948 by its grandfather, Kim Il-Sung.
The news of its existence was made known for the first time by an unexpected source: NBA basketball player Denis Rodman, who revealed in 2013 that “they held their baby, Ju-E” during a trip to the country.
Since then, although she has not spoken publicly, she has established himself as an almost permanent presence on her father’s side, along with her strong aunt, Kim Yo-Jong.
North Korean state media had not reported to Kim Jong-Un children until 2022, when Ju-AE first appeared in an intercontinental missile test. A few months later, he participated in a military parade for the anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People’s Army, with the media now called the leader’s “respected” daughter.
Kim’s children
According to a South Korean Intelligence Office report in 2017, Kim and his wife, Ri Sol-Ju, have Three children: A son born in 2010, a daughter in 2013-considered to be Ju-SA-and a third child in 2017, whose sex has not been revealed.
In Beijing, smiling Ju-AE, dressed in a suit, appeared to be discreetly behind her father as he was disembarked by the train after a night trip from Pyongyang.
Analysts estimate that her presence in an event that emphasized the formation of a new-albeit unclear-a default alliance, reinforces the scenarios that Ju-SA is the successor that Kim Jong-un has chosen.