Hand in hand during missile test: North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un and his daughter (presumed Ju-ae)

DLNews Staff:

Surprise in North Korea! For the first time, dictator Kim Jong-un (38) publicly presented his daughter. Kim visited a missile test site on Friday to observe the testing of an ICBM. Also present: his daughter, most likely Ju-ae (9-10), who was born in 2012 or 2013.

Dictator Kim Jong-un and his daughter in front of the Hwasong-17 ICBM before it was launched

Daughter Ju-ae is one of three children born to Kim's marriage to his wife, Ri Sol-ju. The eldest son is said to have been born in 2010, and the youngest child of unknown gender is said to have been born in 2017.

Kim watches the launch of the ICBM with his daughter

However, only the birth of the daughter Ju-ae is certain because a family friend and ex-basketball star Dennis Rodman (61) once to have held her in his arms during a visit to North Korea in 2013.

Now the rest of the world can see the Kim child too!

And: It seems to have been a joint visit by the Kim family. Ju-ae's mother, Ri Sol-ju, also attended the missile test.

Dictator Kim Jong-un, his daughter Ju-ae and his wife Ri Sol-ju (from left) at the missile test site

New missile test condemned "strongly."

During a new missile test, North Korea fired an ICBM on Friday that, according to information from Japan, could presumably have reached the United States.

According to information from Tokyo, the projectile fell west of the Japanese island of Hokkaido into the sea. The United States and its allies condemned the missile test "in the strongest terms."

On the other hand, Moscow blamed Washington for North Korea's actions.

South Korea's general staff said the long-range missile was launched from the Sunan region toward the sea on Friday morning. Flew 1,000 kilometers and 6,100 kilometers high - slightly less than the long-range missile launched by North Korea on March 24 (the most powerful so far). Test).

The Hwasong-17 ICBM during launch on Friday

Japan's Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada said calculations showed that "the ballistic missile this time could have had a range of 15,000 kilometers." This would have put the US mainland within range of the missile.