Earlier, the administration of Joe Biden stated that the Kremlin has become dependent not just on Iran but also on North Korea for the supply of armaments. Because of the nuclear programs they maintain and their track records regarding human rights, North Korea and Iran are virtually isolated on the international scene.

In March of this year, the White House reported that it had gathered intelligence indicating that Russia was attempting to broker a food-for-arms agreement with North Korea in which Moscow would provide North Korea with food and other commodities in exchange for weaponry. The White House reported last year that it had determined that the Wagner Group had accepted an arms cargo from North Korea. Russia and North Korea have previously denied the allegations.

North Korea, however, has taken Russia’s side in the Ukraine conflict, claiming that the West’s “hegemonic policy” compelled Moscow to take military action.

In a retaliatory strike, drone attacks targeted numerous regions of Russia, while authorities in Kyiv fought the city’s heaviest air assault since the spring. At least two persons were killed and three were injured in the capital region of Ukraine, according to local authorities. Overnight in Kiev, air defense forces reportedly fired down 28 Russian cruise missiles and 15 drones.

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Mykhailo Podalyak, an aide to Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy, wrote on social media, “The war is inexorably moving toward Russian territory and cannot be stopped.”

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“It angers me that my situation is so difficult to bear while Kim Ju Ae, who we all know is eating and living well, appears on television so frequently in her expensive attire,” the North Korean said. The individual’s identity has not been disclosed for security reasons.

“People are saying things like, ‘She must be eating so well because her face is so white and plump like the moon,'” a North Pyongyang resident said in a February 28 report. “Because the majority of people cannot eat properly, their cheekbones are more prominent than ever.”

Another person likened the appearance of Kim’s daughter to that of starving children in the capital city.”They are enraged by the prevalence of the Beloved Child’s chubby, white face in propaganda,” a second source told RFA. According to them, she looks so different from the children of the common people, who cannot even consume three meals per day due to a lack of food.

Multiple media outlets have reported that Kim Ju Ae will succeed her father, but South Korean officials believe it is too early to make such a prediction. The Unification Minister of South Korea, Kwon Youngse, pointed out that North Korea is dominated by men, so Kim’s daughter would not be the next leader.

Earlier this month, Metro reported that Kim Ju Ae “enjoys a life of luxury” while the country’s citizens continue to face an intensifying food crisis. According to a report citing the South Korean National Intelligence Services, the 10-year-old enjoys swimming, skiing, and horseback riding in her spare time. She was educated at home in Pyongyang and has never attended an institution of higher learning.

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North Korean state media has never mentioned Kim’s offspring, but Seoul’s intelligence agency claims he and his wife have three. They are thought to be approximately 13, 10, and six years old.

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The girl – believed to be Kim’s second child, Ju Ae, who is around 9 years old – and her father were joined by his wife, Ri Sol Ju, in the visit to the barracks and subsequent banquet to mark the 75th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), state media reported Wednesday.

And on Wednesday night, the girl appeared again, this time watching with Kim as massive intercontinental ballistic missiles were paraded through Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung square in a military parade.

A Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) report described seeing Kim and “his respected” daughter at the Tuesday night banquet as a dream come true for the military officials present.

Pictures published by the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed the girl walking next to Kim and her mother as they entered the venue for the banquet while military officers applauded.

At the banquet, the girl was seated in the center of the lead table between Kim and her mother.
In a country where the Kim family and the military are all powerful, the presence of the girl at such an important event sends clear signals, said Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul.

“By ostentatiously including his wife and daughter, Kim wants observers at home and abroad to see his family dynasty and the North Korean military as irrevocably linked,” he said.
Other observers said it’s clear Kim has made a choice of his successor, confirming speculation that began with the girl’s appearance at the November test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) with her father.

South Korean lawmaker and secretary of the National Intelligence Service Yoo Sang-bum said after that launch that the girl was thought to be Ju Ae.

Images showed the two walking hand in hand while inspecting the massive missile, while state media called her Kim’s “beloved” daughter.

North Korean state media published a story later that month with pictures of Kim and his daughter, describing her as his “most beloved” child, said Cheong Seong-chang,​ a senior analyst at the Sejong Institute in South Korea.

“Considering these, there is no longer any doubt that Kim Ju Ae has been appointed as the successor to Kim Jong Un, and it is necessary to pay attention to how this will affect North Korea’s domestic and foreign policies in the mid- to long-term, and how North Koreans will accept the succession of the fourth generation,” Cheong said.

The Kim family’s rule in North Korea stretches back to 1948, when Kim Il Sung came to power in the aftermath of World War II.

When he died in 1994, his son Kim Jong Il took control of the country. Kim Jong Un came to power in December 2011 after the death of Kim Jong Il, his father.
There’s no indication Kim Jong Un would pass on the leadership anytime soon.

While the Kim regime has held previous such banquets for the military, pictures from Tuesday’s event depicted a more splashy setting than has been seen before.

“Kim’s lavish banquet commemorating the armed forces is meant to show that officers are highly respected in society and soldiers are well supported by the state,” Easley said.

KCNA reported that Kim Jong Un had made a speech at the banquet in which the North Korean leader praised and encouraged the military without making remarks about the United States or South Korea.

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Tuesday’s banquet came a day before what many experts expect to be North Korea’s biggest military parade ever.

Pyongyang is coming off a record year of missile testing, and analysts are expecting to see examples of those missiles and more during an event expected to begin late Wednesday night.

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