North Korea leader Kim Jong Un’s daughter Ju Ae makes public visit to state mausoleum

The 13-year-old Kim Ju Ae visited the mausoleum on Thursday, sparking speculation that she could be named a high-level official at the upcoming ruling Workers’ Party congress, Associated Press reported.

North Korea's state media carried images on Friday showing Kim Ju Ae standing in the front row with her parents and bowing at the Pyongyang Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, where the embalmed bodies of her late grandfather and great-grandfather are on display.

Deputy head of the private Sejong Institute in South Korea, Cheong Seong-Chang, told AP that the palace is a symbol of legitimacy of the North Korean regime and that her visit is a politically orchestrated move.