The teenaged daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has accompanied him on his visit to China this week, her first international diplomatic outing that will reinforce speculation she is being groomed as the next leader of the Kim dynasty.

Newsweek contacted the North Korean Embassy in Beijing via email for comment.

Why It Matters

Nuclear-armed North Korea is one of the world's most secretive countries and little information on its leadership and government has emerged since the formation of the country under Kim's grandfather, Kim Il Sung , after World War II.

The trip by Kim Jong Un's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, to China for a grand military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender and the official end of World War II in the Pacific, is her first international dip

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