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Quién es Kim Ju-ae, la niña heredera de la dinastía que gobierna desde hace casi 80 años Corea del Norte

La sucesión hereditaria masculina se viene cumpliendo sin fisuras en la monarquía de facto que rige el destino de la República Democrática Popular de Corea, más conocida como Corea del Norte, desde su creación. Pero algo puede estar cambiando en la cocina de poder de uno de los últimos países comunistas y más herméticos del mundo.
La próxima sucesión en la dinastía de los Kim podría recaer en una mujer ante la falta de un heredero varón.
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La línea dinástica comenzó con la fundación del país en 1948, tras la división de la península coreana entre el Sur capitalista y el Norte comunista bajo el amparo de EE.UU. y la entonces Unión Soviética, respectivamente.
Al “presidente eterno” Kim il-Sung (1948-94) lo sucedió su hijo y “líder supremo” Kim Jong-il (1994-2011). Ese año, tras el fallecimiento de su padre, tomó su lugar el actual gobernante Kim Jong-un, nieto del fundador del país.
Si bien la sucesión siempre recayó en un hijo varón -aunque no necesariamente el mayor-, la única heredera directa es hoy la niña Kim Ju-ae, que tendría 12 o 13 años y a quien se la ve cada vez más cerca de la pompa oficial en cada acto o ejercicio militar.
“Desde 2022 ha sido vista a menudo junto a su padre en memorables salidas familiares como el lanzamiento de un misil balístico intercontinental o un desfile militar nocturno”, dijo a TN el analista surcoreano Sunng-Yoon Lee, investigador principal del Sejong Institute, un influyente think tank de Seúl.
Para el experto, “todo el conjunto padre-hija es un sistema diplomático de lanzamiento múltiple, es decir, lanza a sus adversarios varios mensajes a la vez: ´Somos una dinastía y tenemos todo el tiempo del mundo. Pero ustedes están sujetos a límites de mandato y serán olvidados en cuatro o cinco años´“, afirmó.
Kim Jong-un y su hija, Kim Ju-ae (Foto; EFE)
Quién es Kim Ju-ae
Ju-ae es la única heredera de su padre, que en su momento le ganó la pulseada sucesoria a su hermano mayor, Kim Jong-nam, misteriosamente asesinado por envenenamiento en Malasia en 2017 cuando vivía en el exilio.
Ahora, esta niña parece encaminada a quedarse con la sucesión dinástica por encima de su tía y hermana menor de Kim, Kim Yo-Jong, quien tiene fama de “implacable” y es una especie de vocera oficial del régimen.
La hija de Kim está en esa edad en que se deja atrás la infancia y se adentra en el mundo adolescente. Como es habitual en el hermético sistema norcoreano, poco se sabe de ella. Ni siquiera su edad exacta. Se cree que tiene 12 o 13 años. Su padre, según trascendidos que llegan desde el Sur, tendría 41.
Desde hace un tiempo, acompaña a su padre en actos oficiales, lanzamientos de misiles balísticos y reuniones con altos mandos políticos y militares. Su primera aparición pública fue en noviembre de 2022. Desde entonces aparece en la mayoría de las fotos oficiales, incluso en los poquísimos viajes de su padre al exterior, un circuito que solo integran sus aliados ideológicos naturales, Rusia y China. En Beijing la heredera fue recibida con honores. Kim Ju-ae acompaña a su padre, Kim Jong-un, en un acto oficial (Foto de archivo: Reuters)
El Servicio Nacional de Inteligencia (NIS) surcoreano cree que ella es la heredera natural de su padre.
Los medios norcoreanos la llaman la “hija querida” o “la hija respetada” del gobernante. No es poca cosa. Es una tradición que los herederos tengan este tipo de títulos “nobiliarios” en el sistema político nacional.
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Las mujeres en la dinastía Kim siempre han tenido un rol casi nulo. Las esposas de los gobernantes se han mantenido alejadas de los focos mediáticos. Pero Ju-ae está teniendo una creciente exposición detrás o al lado de su padre.
Su madre, Ri Sol-ju, y su tía, Kim Yo-Jong, están cada vez más relegadas en las apariciones públicas oficiales.
“Si bien Corea del Norte es una cultura chovinista dominada por los hombres, lo que reemplaza esas normas es que el poder permanece en la familia, es decir, dentro de la línea directa de descendientes de Kim Il Sung, el fundador del Estado”, señaló el analista Sunng-Yoon Lee.
En su diálogo con TN, el experto del Sejong Institute de Seúl se mostró convencido de que la hija de Kim asumirá tarde o temprano el poder.
“Sí, la hija está siendo preparada para ser la heredera oficial de Kim Jong Un. Ese anuncio aún no se ha hecho, pero está bastante claro que la hija, por ahora, es la única heredera viable“, aseguró.
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Según sus palabras: “Si Kim Jong Un muriera mañana, su hermana asumiría el cargo de regente hasta que su sobrina crezca y llegue a la edad adulta”.
“Como la sobrina tiene solo 12 años, pasará al menos otra década antes de que pueda asumir oficialmente el poder. Cuando se acerque ese momento, si Kim Yo Jong, después de una década de haber servido como comandante en jefe de facto de su nación, decide dar paso gentilmente a su sobrina o no, es otra historia por escribir”, afirmó.
Los recuerdos de la brutal muerte de Kim Jong-nam, el hermano mayor del actual gobernante, están aún frescos en la memoria colectiva de la península, al igual que la humillación pública del tío de la familia, Jan Song Thaek, ejecutado por traición, según informes de inteligencia del Sur.
“Los recuerdos del iracundo invierno de 2013, cuando ella y su hermano humillaron públicamente a su tío, lo tildaron de traidor, lo torturaron y lo ejecutaron, podrían disuadirla de entregar el poder a su sobrina”, concluyó el analista.
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California Dems unleashed pressure campaign against USC prior to debate cancellation

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Top Democrats in the California state legislature demanded that the University of Southern California (USC) either expand the number of candidates allowed to participate in the gubernatorial debate, which had five White candidates, or they would boycott the debate.
The «data-driven» candidate viability framework produced a lineup of Republicans Chad Bianco and Steve Hilton, as well as Democrats Tom Steyer, Matt Mahan, Katie Porter, Eric Swalwell – all White candidates. The same criteria, developed by a USC professor and defended by the university, ended up axing Xavier Becerra, Antonio Villaraigosa, Betty Yee and Tony Thurman, all Democratic Party minority candidates, due to lower polling and fundraising scores, they said.
After news of who made the candidate pool and who did not, the excluded candidates expressed outrage over what they claimed was a racist candidate viability system created by USC that targeted people based on their race. One candidate, former Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra, even likened it to when his father used to talk about «the days when he would encounter signs posted outside establishments that read ‘No Dogs, Negroes or Mexicans Allowed.’»
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Former Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks during a hearing on Capitol Hill on November 20, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
Among those expressing outrage besides the candidates themselves were California state Senate President pro Tempore Monique Limon, Speaker of the California State Assembly Robert Rivas, and a handful of other Democratic Party members within the state legislature who called the decision-making framework «biased» in a letter they signed that also included concerns about one of the selected candidate’s donor ties to the university. They also referred to candidate’s complaints, such as from Becerra, as «valid.»
«If USC does not do the right thing, we call on California voters to boycott this debate. If the university will not give voters a fair shot at evaluating everyone running for governor, voters should find other ways to learn about the candidates,» stated the letter, which included letterhead with the logos of about half-a-dozen Democratic Party caucuses in California. «We are asking you, President Kim, to exercise the leadership this moment calls for: expand the debate stage, and trust California’s voters to make up their own minds.»
Meanwhile, in an announcement less than 24-hours ahead of the scheduled debate, USC said that KABC, the Los Angeles television station broadcasting the debate, could not come to an agreement to allow more candidates and, as a result, decided to cancel the debate.

The University of Southern California decided to cancel the debate it was going to hold after backlash over its formula used to select which candidates would be able to participate, with some suggesting it was racist. (Reuters)
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«If you run anything in California, the legislature is very important to you and at the top of the letter, the top signatories to this letter, Robert Rivas, who is the Speaker of the Assembly, and Monique Limon, who’s the head of the Senate, the State Senate and the State Assembly. And that came very late on Monday. They sent this letter to USC. Then what happened? As we understand it – they’ve been pretty open about it – they get this letter from the legislature, they think, ‘Oh, sh–t, we better do something. This is now a real threat. This isn’t just the candidates complaining. This is the legislature, which, you know, regulates and affects everything we do,’» Hilton, one of the GOP frontrunners in California’s gubernatorial race, said about the situation.
«USC apparently went to ABC, the media partner who’s going to broadcast the debate, and said, ‘We want to expand it and put these people back in,’ and USC said, ‘No, I’m sorry. ABC said no.’ Then, that midnight, on Monday night, they put out that statement saying, ‘Okay, then we’ll cancel it.’»

Republican governor candidate Steve Hilton speaks to press during Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates press event at Huntington Beach on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026 in Huntington Beach, CA. Huntington Beach City Attorney Michael Gates announced his run for California attorney general. (Kayla Bartkowski / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Reporting from Cal Matters, a local California publication covering state politics, indicated that, directly and indirectly, Porter, Steyer and Swalwell have suggested Mahan, a tech entrepreneur and former Mayor of San Jose, was invited to the now-canceled debate despite poor performance data.
In the lawmakers’ letter requesting the event allow more candidates or be canceled, addressed to USC’s President Beong-Soo Kim, an unnamed candidate with «notable ties to USC’s donor community» was also alluded to as part of the complaints about the debate. When Rivas’ staff was asked for clarification on whom the letter was referring to, they eventually confirmed it was Mahan.
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A party-sponsored poll from Democratic State Chairman Rusty Hicks showed Mahan behind Becerra, but had all other candidates that USC selected ahead of those who did not make it. Two Republicans, Hilton and Bianco, are still leading the field at 16% and 14% respectively. Meanwhile, Porter, Swalwell and Steyer are tied at 10% and every other Democrat is still in the low single digits. Twenty-four percent remain undecided.
Neither Rivas nor Limon provided on-the-record comments to Fox News Digital for this story prior to publication.
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House Budget chairman reveals how Republicans will pay for the Iran campaign

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House Republicans are lurching forward with a second budget reconciliation package, ending months of speculation about whether the chamber would attempt to marshal a second GOP-only megabill through Congress before November’s midterm elections.
House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, said Wednesday he wants the measure to pay for President Donald Trump’s Iran campaign and enact anti-fraud provisions that offset the cost of the anticipated defense infusion’s large price tag.
«It’s an opportunity to solve two problems and address two challenges and advance two great causes: fund the military, provide a strong defense, win the war, achieve the objectives and do it in a way that doesn’t put our kids further in the hole,» Arrington told reporters.
«We’re all but ready to mark up a budget resolution,» Arrington continued, adding his panel is still continuing to hash out the details of the package.
Representative Jodey Arrington, R-Texas and the chairman of the House Budget Committee, center, speaks during a House Budget Committee meeting at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., May 18, 2025. (Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
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The Trump administration has floated a $200 billion request to help pay for the war in Iran but has yet to deliver a formal request. Given Democrats’ expected opposition to a defense supplemental, some House Republicans have said a second reconciliation package is the only viable vehicle to advance the measure and other Trump priorities through Congress.
«Democrats have obstructed everything,» Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, told Fox News Digital. «So, we believe, unfortunately, that reconciliation is the only mechanism to move the rest of the President’s agenda.»
Republicans have zeroed in on fraud in social services for months and view the enactment of fraud-related spending cuts as a way to offset the cost of the package.
The budget reconciliation process would allow Republicans to circumvent the Senate’s 60-vote requirement and pass a spending measure with a simple majority.
Arrington said he would be working closely with Senate Budget Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., who also announced Wednesday that his panel would begin drafting reconciliation instructions. The South Carolina Republican floated funding increases for the military and law enforcement in addition to voter integrity measures as possible items in a second reconciliation bill.
«Let’s put it this way: The reconciliation train is leaving the station,» Graham posted on X after the two lawmakers met to discuss a second megabill Wednesday.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., speaks during a confirmation hearing before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations in the Dirksen Senate Office Building July 15, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Though Republicans are likely to broadly support defense supplemental funding and fraud-prevention measures, a second megabill could still face major hurdles.
Republicans narrowly passed Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act in June 2025 after months of intraparty disagreement. Under House Republicans’ razor-thin majority, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., can afford to spare just one GOP defection in a party-line vote.
However, Arrington argued that the war in Iran would be a unifying force to get the bill done.
«I think funding our military in a time of war, if there’s no sense of urgency and accountability from members of Congress to support our commander in chief, I can’t think of one,» Arrington said. «I do think the big push is going to be supporting our sons and daughters in uniform and making sure they have what they need to be successful.»
Arrington did not shut the door on including parts of the SAVE America Act in a GOP-only megabill. However, its sweeping provisions, requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections and voter ID requirements, could fail to meet reconciliation’s stringent budget requirements.
The Trump-backed election bill has stalled in the Senate due to widespread Democratic opposition, though the upper chamber is continuing to debate the measure.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., talks to reporters outside his office on the 28th day of the government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington Oct. 28, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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Johnson, who has long pushed for a second budget bill, said Wednesday he was encouraged by Graham moving forward with reconciliation.
«I’m glad to know the Senate is interested in reconciliation 2.0,» the speaker said. «I have been a broken record. We need to do that. It’s an important legislative tool.»
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