The appearance of the Kims in near-identical leather coats at a military parade is seen by some that Pyongyang’s succession plan is in place
At the close of the ruling Workers’ Party’s ninth congress on Wednesday night, Kim Jong-un arrived at Kim Il-sung Square in a limousine with his daughter, Ju-ae, and stepped out beside her in full view of a large assembly of troops.
After a week largely out of public view during the party gathering, Ju-ae re-emerged at the parade, occupying a central position beside her parents on the viewing stand.
Pyongyang has portrayed North Korea for decades as a nation whose fate is intertwined with that of the Kims, with the leader as the father, the party as the mother and the people as their children.
