North Korean leader's daughter in first visit to symbolic mausoleum

SEOUL — The North Korean leader’s daughter Kim Ju Ae has made her first visit to a mausoleum housing her grandfather and great-grandfather, state media images showed Friday, further solidifying her place as her father’s successor. The Kim family has ruled North Korea with an iron grip for decades, and a cult of personality surrounding their so-called “Paektu bloodline” dominates daily life in the isolated country. Current leader Kim Jong Un is the third in line to rule in the world’s only communist monarchy, following father Kim Jong Il and grandfather Kim Il Sung. READ: Kim Jong Un’s ‘respected’ daughter: […]... Keep on reading: North Korean leader's daughter in first visit to symbolic mausoleum