The current surge in search interest around “Kim Jong Un” is largely driven by reports concerning his daughter, Kim Ju Ae, and her potential future role in North Korea’s leadership. According to the National Intelligence Service (NIS), she is reportedly in a succession stage, which suggests a significant shift in the North Korean political landscape. This information about Kim Ju Ae has sparked curiosity and concern, contributing to the increase in searches.
Additionally, Kim Jong Un’s recent announcement of a new five-year arms plan has further amplified public interest. His commitment to enhancing North Korea’s military capabilities is a critical topic, especially given the international implications of such developments. The South China Morning Post highlighted his vowed focus on an “outstanding” military role, indicating an aggressive posture that may influence regional security dynamics.
These interconnected reports regarding Kim Jong Un and his daughter’s emerging leadership status have led to heightened scrutiny and speculation about the future of North Korea. The combination of military ambitions and a potential change in leadership creates a compelling narrative that is likely driving many to seek more information.
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I still picture him as “the son”. I guess we’re all getting older.
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He’s only 42 or 43 years old. It’s been 14 years since he assumed power. Probably a long way to go.
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I remember when he disappeared for like 2 weeks and there were a bunch of rumors that he was dead.
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Guy was probably at Disneyland lmao
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“Is this statue made of cake? No? Can you make one out of cake?” I loved the whole Kim Jong Un Cake meme thing, I wish we could bring it back. It brought me a lot of laughter the lengths people were going to make a cake meme, lmao.
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Fun fact: the tv show “Is it Cake?” was created because of that meme. Source: justmadeitupdotcom
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It was created as all things are created, because the Supreme Leader willed it into existence. Much like the sun and the moon and yo momma.
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>the moon and yo momma. Damn, didn’t have to list the mom twice
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Oh my… 🤭
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Or watching nba playoffs. Or went to a rap concert. The hypocrisy of nk‘s leader is jarring
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I think it turned out to be covid and people thought he didn’t survive due to his weight.
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You spelled “hoped” wrong.
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\-100000 social credit score
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I remember his sister tried to take power then he suddenly re appeared like he wasn’t gonna let that happen
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4chan wanted her to take power, because they wanted feet pics.
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Wouldn’t surprise me
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14 years? Jesus. I remember when he took over and was killing generals all over. Literally almost twice as long as my marriage.
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They’d be executed by AA cannon & a few months later they’re right as rain, like nothing had happened. They’re superhuman, I tells ya. Yeonmi Park tells us all about how they’re starving, constantly on the edge of death, yet when the electric runs out for the trains they all get out & push them up the mountains. Amazing folks, the North Koreans.
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Imagine if he just opened the country up and stopped being insane. Would be remembered as a global hero instead of the third in a line of weirdo dictators
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He had an older brother that might have done that. He was assassinated for being too westernized.
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Was that the one where women sprayed “perfume” on him at an airport?
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Iirc it was lotion with a nerve agent in it, two women were hired to do “pranks” for an apparent prank show which had them going up to random people and smearing their face with this cream, they were then directed towards the brother on the assassination day.
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They are the ones who killed him?
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Unintentionally but yes
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Did someone put something in the lotion? Sorry for asking a lot I’m just not sure how to find the exact details on google and my attention span is currently not the absolute best. Edit: thank you everyone, the questions have been answered!
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The two women had two different components of the nerve agent that needed to be combined to be deadly. This allowed them to handle it individually without harm and only kill the brother when they both separately rubbed it on his face. Crazy stuff.
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It was a two-part compound of some sort IIRC, fine individually but after they mixed it together on his face it became the deadly…stuff.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Kim_Jong-nam?wprov=sfla1
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yeah. they got tricked into doing a prank for a video.
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They got tricked into doing an assassination. They thought they were doing a prank. The way you wrote it suggests that all they did was prank him. They killed him lol.
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the ultimate prank
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Fuckin got em
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Well, no, he was exiled for advancing reforms according to him, but most likely he was too *socially* western for the Kims. Him trying to enter Disneyland and being caught with a fake passport was like the ultimate sin to them – he both embarrassed North Korea, and damaged the Kim family domestically. He was assassinated over a decade after being exiled. But it was almost certainly not because he had a fraction of a chance of gaining power in North Korea. It’s more likely that he embarrassed them, and/or because he knew a *lot* about the inner workings of North Korea, and became more open about criticizing the regime after his father died. That’s how he went from visiting North Korea in 2011 to assassination attempts starting a short time later.
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>He was assassinated for being too westernized. That’s one way to put [being an informant for the CIA](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/11/kim-jong-nam-half-brother-north-korea-leader-was-cia-informant).
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What blows my mind is that Kim Jong Un has been in power for nearly as long as Kim Jong Il’s entire reign. Kim Jong Il was the leader of North Korea for 14 years, 2 months, and 9 days (5183 days). Kim Jong Un has been in power for 13 years, 10 months, and 2 days (5056 days).
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Kids don’t know what it was like waiting 14 years for a new Kim Jong to come out
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I used to record my Kim Jongs off the radio
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Getting everyone in the house to shut the fuck up because your favourite Kim Jong is about to start.
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And then the DJ steps all over the beginning talking about it being the most requested Jong. Dammit.
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Well I think we can count the three years of “mourning” that followed the death of Kim Il Sung as part of Kim Jong Il’s reign and so make it ~17 years for Kim Jong Il.
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And then there is the unofficial reign from about 1982-83 or maybe even earlier if we count reign as being de facto in control of the country.
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Kim Jong Il was the King Charles of North Korean monarchs. Ol boy just spent most of his life waiting for dad to die
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One reaons is that Kim Jong II had an increadible unhealthy livestyle and his children where born relativly late in his live. Kim Il Sun died with the age of 81 and had his successor at the age of 29. In contrast Kim Jong Il became only 70 year old and had his successor aat the age of 42.
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This is the Internet comment today that makes me feel like I’m becoming that person who’s been alive for long enough to remember way too many historically significant events.
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The chonky fat kid is now the chonky fat man Also, autocorrect on “chonky” could have made for a very unfortunate misunderstanding just now had I not checked what my phone thought I wanted to say
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Why does your phone have that as a suggestion…
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I just checked and mine offers it immediately despite me never having used that word.
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In fact, the only reason why he is now North Korea’s supreme leader is because he was “the son.” It is quite well known that Kim Jong Il’s favourites, and the most competent of the siblings, is Kim Sol-Song. The previous supreme leader just couldn’t appoint her because she is a woman.
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And now he’s saying “fuck that shit, my sister would have been better at this and we all know it.” And you know what, credit where credit’s due.
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They like to pick successors who look like the country’s founder and eternal president Kim Il-Sung. Kim Jong-un looks just like his grandfather, some say he gained weight to look more like him. His daughter looks just like Kim Jong-un and by extension King Il-sung. His sister was much too thin and skeletal looking, that’s not good in North Korea. It lessens the family resemblance. Appearance aside, Kim Jong-un was promoted because his father Kim Jung-il saw a lot of himself in the boy. I imagine it’s the same for Jong-un and his daughter. He thinks she’s the closest thing to a chip off the block.
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