National Intelligence Service "North Korea builds Kim Joo-ae's 'military leader narrative'... 4 months of investigation" (Comprehensive 2nd report)

The National Intelligence Service announced on the 29th that North Korean Chairman Kim Jong-un's daughter Joo-ae is further consolidating the process of selecting a successor and is strengthening her narrative as a military leader by making it seem like she is involved in nuclear and missile work.

The National Intelligence Service reported this at the National Assembly Intelligence Committee's audit of government affairs held at the National Intelligence Service building in Seoul on this day, the ruling and opposition secretaries of the Intelligence Committee, Rep. Yoon Geon-young of the Democratic Party of Korea and Rep. Yoo Young-ha of the People's Power Party reported in a briefing.

The National Intelligence Service reported, "As a result of time-series analysis of Kim Joo-ae's public activities since her first appearance in 2022, the status of successor is being imprinted in stages," and "This is judged to be a strategy to gradually increase residents' acceptance."

He also said, "In particular, he appears to be building a narrative as a military leader, with 60% of military activities taking place and only taking commemorative photos at military events. In the nuclear missile field, he also appears to be involved in practical work."

In addition, when asked, "Is Kim Joo-ae's real name correct?" Rep. Yoon said, "Kim Joo-ae's real name is Kim Joo-ae."

In fact, this is the first time that an intelligence agency confirmed Kim Joo-ae's real name during the National Assembly Intelligence Committee briefing.

So far, North Korean state media has never used the name 'Juae' when referring to Chairman Kim's daughter. Instead, the expressions ‘beloved child’ and ‘respected child’ are used.

Regarding the issue of establishing discipline in North Korea, the National Intelligence Service reported that "the system is being managed stably based on the firm support system of the 'core inner circle', including Kim Yo-jong, General Affairs Director of the Workers' Party, Choe Son-hee, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Cho Yong-won, Secretary of the Workers' Party, and Park Jeong-cheon, Vice Chairman of the Workers' Party's Central Military Commission."

He continued, "The work to investigate military corruption, which began with the large-scale corruption case of the General Political Bureau, has been expanded to include the entire party and government and executives and has continued for four months." He added, "Following the ignition of the 'propaganda workers' training scheduled for the end of the year and the holding of the 3rd meeting of company commanders, trends in preparations for the party cell secretarial conference were also detected, so it is presumed that they are focusing on establishing internal discipline."

Also, regarding organizational reorganization, he reported, "As the demand for national-level strategic information such as national interest diplomacy has increased, intelligence agencies have been reorganized into two major axes: the National Intelligence Service and the General Reconnaissance Intelligence Bureau."

In addition, the National Intelligence Service said about Chairman Kim's health, "As for his health, his basic health values ​​have been managed within the normal range during recent public activities, and he has been found to have hyperlipidemia."