SEOUL, Jan. 2 (UPI) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter made her first known visit to the ruling family's mausoleum, images released by state media Friday showed, a symbolic appearance that has fueled speculation about her potential role in the country's dynastic succession.
Kim Ju Ae joined her parents and senior officials for a New Year's visit to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun in Pyongyang, where Kim Jong Un's late father and grandfather lie in state.
The official Korean Central News Agency reported on Kim Jong Un's visit but did not mention Ju Ae by name. A photograph released by the agency, however, showed her standing in the front row of assembled dignitaries, flanked by her parents.
"All the visitors made a firm pledge to fulfill their responsibility and duty in the vanguard of accomplishing the sacred cause for the eternal prosperity and development of the great DPRK ... true to the ideas and leadership of Kim Jong Un with single-minded loyalty," KCNA said.
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