Kim Jong-un takes his 13-year-old daughter to a shooting range to test a “really excellent” new model of gun

The images published this Thursday in a report from the aforementioned agency show both the president and the young woman, who is estimated to be around 13 years old and whose name is not mentioned at any time, participating the day before in a shooting practice of “a new model of pistol that went into production.”

There are also photographs that show how both of them supervised both the infrastructure of the “important” factory and the weapons exposed.

Kim “expressed his satisfaction at the development of a truly excellent pistol” after receiving a report from the Ministry of Defense “on the unanimous impression” that the pistol “is superior in structural performance, impact rate, concentrated fire and usefulness in combat“, according to the KCNA.

On the other hand, he stressed that the factory “plays a fundamental role in increasing the combat efficiency of the Army and security forces” by “taking over the total production of pistols and light weapons.” Thus, the supreme leader stressed “the need to expand and increase production capacity“with a “forward vision”.

Analysts interpret this propaganda event as a new example of Pyongyang’s plans to modernize conventional forces after years focusing all its efforts on the development of the military nuclear program.

In recent weeks, Kim’s daughter has significantly increased her presence at key events in the Asian country, including a practice shooting a sniper riflewhich generated speculation from analysts about a possible training as a successor, or several ballistic missile launch tests. He also traveled with his father to Beijing last September to participate in an international summit.

South Korean intelligence has stressed that it is possible that the teenager is in a succession preparation process and thus prolong the family dynasty for the fourth generation.

The visit to the gun factory came after an inspection on Tuesday in which Kim Jong-un and his daughter witnessed the launch from his most advanced destroyer of what state media described as nuclear capable cruise missiles.