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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Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works · 147 pts · 197d
Diversity win! This up and coming dictator is a young woman!
Witchfire@lemmy.world · 47 pts · 196d
More šš¼ female šš¼ dictators šš¼
- Neoliberals, probably
murvel@feddit.nu · 14 pts · 196d
Try tankies
Geobloke@aussie.zone · 4 pts · 197d
Can we call her a minority?
Agent641@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 197d
You can, but she might have you shot for it
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 195d
Worldwide Asians are a majority.
Jumuta@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 197d
https://youtu.be/iEtw3XJoJrE
tootoughtoremember@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 196d
https://youtu.be/dDJa1_fLVeA
Lemmyoutofhere@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 197d
Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world · 103 pts · 197d
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 30 pts · 197d
As she's then effectively getting in line, would that be a coup queue? Seems to track for NoKo. š¤Ŗ
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" š¤£
thenextguy@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 197d
I hope she doesnāt get a cold, otherwise that would be a ācoup queue cachooā.
Grass@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 197d
I am the walrus?
egrets@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 197d
Sorry, we've already assigned you the role of eggman.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 197d
I call the mighty Quin. š¤š»
Hazmatastic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 196d
Shut the fuck up, Donny
meejle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 197d
Queoup
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 197d
If the "p" is silent, is it also a homonym?
gigachad@piefed.social · 11 pts · 197d
Or she is going to get executed
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 197d
Coup what shit? This speculation seven layers deep.
ameancow@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 196d
ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world · 60 pts · 197d
Well there goes the legacy of terrible haircuts. Three generations of shite hair down the drain!
ghost9@piefed.social · 32 pts · 197d
She hasn't taken over yet. There's still time!
egrets@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 197d
Exhibit A:
morto@piefed.social · 9 pts · 197d
Don't underestimate her haircut styling skills!
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 57 pts · 196d
Look at North Korea, breaking down those gender boundaries in the male-dominated dictatorship world.
stressballs@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 195d
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 55 pts · 196d
That photo makes me feel old - I remember when Kim Jong Un looked young and stupid, now he looks old and stupid
lmagitem@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 196d
Exactly! When did he age that much? It's crazy.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 196d
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
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 195d
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.
ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip · 47 pts · 197d
He looks like shit for being in his early 40s. I wonder if there is something going on with his health and thatās why he is appointing a 13 year old heir. The article doesnāt elaborate on that but it says he āappears young and healthy.ā He looks like he is about to pop. I donāt think Iād describe him as young or healthy looking.
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 34 pts · 197d
ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip · 27 pts · 197d
Heās almost 40 years younger than Trump, so I donāt think itās comparable. Iām 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 5ā3ā and 275 lbs.
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 12 pts · 197d
ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 197d
I donāt know. Heart attacks are a real thing. Your 40s get weird with health stuff. I agree that I donāt 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.
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 197d
regedit@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 196d
So close...
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 196d
njm1314@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 196d
O
green_red_black@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 196d
RalfWausE@feddit.org · 15 pts · 197d
UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 197d
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.
supernight52@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 196d
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.
bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de · 10 pts · 197d
I remember just about every Kim not being very healthy. The jokes wrote themselves with Kim Jong-il.
ugandan_airways@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 197d
Yep. And he died at 60. Younger Kim is on the same track.
Honytawk@feddit.nl · 2 pts · 196d
Does he also have a giant tumor like his dad did?
Notyou@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 197d
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.
morto@piefed.social · 2 pts · 197d
I thouhgt he was in his early 40s like 10 years ago. Whoa!
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 197d
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 37 pts · 196d
Finally, the people's girlboss leader!
thatradomguy@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 196d
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?
0x0@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 195d
'Cos most of the people who would impeach him are in said files?
Formfiller@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 197d
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?
skisnow@lemmy.ca · 22 pts · 196d
What Thatcher taught us was that it's acceptable for women to be in charge as long as they're overtly callous.
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 195d
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.
incompetent@programming.dev · 9 pts · 196d
I didn't hit a paywall, but this archive link should work for you.
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 23 pts · 197d
Democracy is when you select an heir to your throne.
Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 197d
Welcome President Baron Trump
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 197d
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Riverside@reddthat.com · -15 pts · 197d
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 197d
Constitutional Monarchy are very different and limited form of monarchy, where the monarch have very limited power or are simply there for ceremonial purpose. The king doesn't command the parliament, and cannot make policy, and at most can suggest it.
I live in a country with constitutional monarchy and they mostly just there, occasionally making remark and have their opinions. They however still have the power to veto bill and reject project, but it happen very very rarely. They're mostly there as religious leader and political weapon for some.
So to answer your question, yes, Netherlands and Denmark both practice constitutional monarchy, hence they're still considered democracy.
Riverside@reddthat.com · -14 pts · 196d
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 196d
Firstly, to say that Kim family is merely ceremonial mean you have to proof that someone else is running the show, that hatched all the plans, that have the final say. We don't have that information. What we have is he is the single most powerful person in North Korea, that rule and guide the country, that inherited the power from his father.
Of course, a king need a general and a treasurer, whether they are the one in control or not is not a known fact, and that will remained a mystery until someone close to them speak.
So yes, with the information the world have, we can safely say North Korea is run by a single family.
Riverside@reddthat.com · -10 pts · 196d
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 196d
I can also say the same for all prime minister and president in country without monarch and with constitutional monarch. That is exactly what a leader of the country are. What is exactly your point here?
Let me do one better: what is your evidence that say otherwise?
Riverside@reddthat.com · -6 pts · 196d
njm1314@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 196d
I absolutely would not have described Queen Elizabeth as the most powerful person in the country at any time of her reign.
0x0@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 195d
The Queen/King is quite literally above the law in the UK. So yes.
Influential? Yes. The current clown not so much.
Riverside@reddthat.com · -8 pts · 196d
supernight52@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 196d
Yes, we can definitively prove that the NK political theater is run by the Kim family. Watch any video of their "congress" meeting, and it's just a group of NPCs clapping mindlessly to everything Kim Jong il says.
Riverside@reddthat.com · -5 pts · 196d
supernight52@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 196d
Being intentionally obtuse doesn't make you look smarter.
Riverside@reddthat.com · -3 pts · 196d
psx_crab@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 196d
belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 197d
And how much political power do the monarchs have?
Riverside@reddthat.com · -10 pts · 196d
belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 8 pts · 196d
Hm, how much Power does a family have that is venerated like a god and that can order the assassination of family members on foreign soil? Surely the Kim's and the Danish monarch are the same
Honytawk@feddit.nl · -4 pts · 196d
Anyone with enough money can order assassination of anyone on any foreign soil. That isn't really an argument.
Riverside@reddthat.com · -6 pts · 196d
belastend@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 196d
Biden was the elected president of the US. He held power over political decisions, just like the Kims, but unlike the Danish Monarch. Kind of defeating your own argument here.
Lady Dee theories are interesting, haven't read much about them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Kim_Jong-nam Kim Jong-nam was a potential rival for the Throne and got killed for it. The Kims do hold the power in the DPRK.
Riverside@reddthat.com · -5 pts · 196d
Fleur_@aussie.zone · 13 pts · 197d
We are about to see some of the most effective utiliseations of girl power in history
ameancow@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 196d
vantablack@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 196d
diversity win!
leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 195d
What fucking diversity, she's still a Kim...
__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -3 pts · 195d
Well, most people there are...
Donebrach@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 197d
Letās hope they donāt secretly have the protomolecule sample.
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 196d
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.
Donebrach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 195d
Youāve activated my very stupid trap card called Teresa Duarte
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 195d
Oh no, must I go to freehold now?
Donebrach@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 195d
Just get there before it all shuts down
faintwhenfree@lemmus.org · 1 pts · 130d
https://whatmyuseragent.com/
oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 196d
I thought Mr. Nobutthole was invincible and would never die.
myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 195d
Well, when the rest of the world is lead by pedophiles, you play the card that will make taking them over easy.
LodeMike@lemmy.today · 4 pts · 197d
The onion did this bit 20 years ago
sunbytes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 192d
Fox news: Is North Korea "woke" now?
CommanderCloon@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 195d
Anything coming from SK about NK is extremely unreliable
sunbytes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 192d
The Dance of Dragons (but with nukes) incoming.
HulkSmashBurgers@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 194d
So NK is entering it's girlboss era? How very progiessive (/s).
suddenlyme@lemmy.zip · -7 pts · 196d
So thats how communismn works