Kim Yo-jung appears holding hands with her presumed ‘child’
It is possible that there was a burden of exposing children other than Joo-ae.
North Korean Workers’ Party General Secretary Kim Jong-un invited high-ranking officials as a ‘couple’ to a grand performance to welcome the 2025 New Year. However, his wife, Ri Sol-ju, did not attend the event, and various interpretations are raised as to why.
On the 1st, Chosun Central TV reported a video of a New Year’s celebration performance held to welcome 2025. The event lasted about 90 minutes.
All major executives were invited to the celebratory performance, most of whom attended the event with their families. According to a video released by Chosun Central TV, at a pre-event banquet held prior to the main event, key executives sat together with those presumed to be their wives and enjoyed refreshments with alcohol. It created an exciting and free atmosphere, and it is very unusual for North Korea to hold an event in this way.
In the case of Choe Ryong-hae, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, and Party Secretary Cho Yong-won, a ‘friendly’ appearance was seen from the moment they got off their personal vehicles to heading to the event venue with their presumed wives. The majority of military executives who traveled by group bus also attended the event accompanied by their spouses.
In particular, the scene where Vice Minister of the Workers’ Party of Korea Kim Yo-jong, the younger sister of General Secretary Kim, appeared holding the hands of a boy and a girl, attracted great attention. Some say that this is the first time Vice President Kim’s children have been revealed to the public.
In this atmosphere, Secretary General Kim attended the event without First Lady Ri Sol-ju, accompanied only by his daughter Joo-ae. Mrs. Lee appeared with Joo-ae at the New Year’s celebration performance on January 1 last year, but it is analyzed that there may be a specific reason for her absence from this event, which was actually held with the couple.
First, there is a possibility that the production was intentionally directed to highlight Joo-ae. Joo-ae appeared twice in three reports on Secretary General Kim’s public activities immediately after the Labor Party’s plenary meeting in December last year. On December 31, the last day of last year, he accompanied Secretary General Kim on his inspection of the Wonsan Kalma Coastal Tourist Zone and later attended the New Year’s event.
Based on the analysis that Joo-ae symbolizes North Korea’s ‘future generation’, North Korea invited the families of high-ranking officials to create a harmonious atmosphere and add the theme of ‘a prosperous nation’ to the New Year’s event, where top leader Joo-ae attended. It is interpreted that the fact that it appeared side by side with was intended to strengthen its symbolism.
There is also a different analysis. It is possible that General Secretary Kim was concerned that Joo-ae would be seen as the ‘only successor’ if he attended the event with only Mrs. Lee and Joo-ae at an event where the image of a ‘family gathering’ was highlighted.
Secretary General Kim is known to have two or three children, including Joo Ae. The theory that the eldest son is the son and the theory that Joo-ae is the eldest coexist. There is also a perspective that interprets Mrs. Lee’s absence from the event in that North Korea has revealed the successor to its supreme leader only after establishing an internal succession structure.
(Seoul = News 1)
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