Daughter of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seen in first public appearance - CNN

Seoul, South Korea CNN  — 

The girl of North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, was revealed to the satellite successful a archetypal confirmed nationalist quality connected Friday, authorities media KCNA reported.

Pictures shared by the authorities bureau amusement his girl lasting adjacent to the person successful a achromatic puffer jacket, holding Kim’s hand, arsenic they look astatine subject hardware.

State media did not sanction the girl, who appeared to travel Kim arsenic helium oversaw a trial firing of a rocket connected Friday, said KCNA.

The bureau claimed that North Korea fired a “new kind” of intercontinental ballistic rocket on Friday from Pyongyang International Airfield, flying a region of 999.2 kilometers (621 miles).

Very small is known astir the backstage beingness of Kim Jong Un. But successful 2013, erstwhile hoops prima Dennis Rodman told the British regular the Guardian that Kim had a “baby” called “Ju Ae.” He said helium spent time with the family, describing Kim arsenic a “a bully dad” and that helium spoke to Kim’s wife, Ri Sol Ju.

“I held their babe Ju Ae and spoke with Ms. Ri arsenic well,” helium told the newspaper.

Speculation sprang up successful 2012 that Ri mightiness beryllium large aft a photograph carried by authorities media showed her wearing a agelong overgarment that could person been hiding a bump. But North Korean authorities kept quiescent astir the matter.

State media did not denote Kim and Ri’s marriage until July 2012, immoderate 3 years aft South Korean quality believes the wedding took place.

But that changed successful 2018, erstwhile she was afforded the caller rubric of “respected First Lady” by North Korean authorities media, a measurement up from the antecedently utilized “comrade” and a sign, according to analysts, that she was gaining her ain property cult.

Kim and Ri have 3 children together, according to South Korea’s National Intelligence Service (NIS).