Ref.>"Navy holds first live-fire drills of new year"

>"N. Korean leader attends farm machinery exhibition"

>"N. Korean leader's sister raps Yoon over his New Year's Day speech"
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> S. Korea condemns Kim Yo-jong's tirade that followed Yoon's deterrence speech


Translation; "Promising successor," the NIS in S. Korea showed its view on the daughter of Kim Jong-un, "Ju-ae"

>"金氏娘「有力な後継者」 韓国情報機関が見解"

> 韓国の情報機関、国家情報院(国情院)は3日までに、北朝鮮の金正恩朝鮮労働党総書記の娘で「ジュエ」さんとの情報がある少女について「現在のところ有力な後継者とみられる」と、国会議員に示した資料で明らかにした。
By Jan. 3, an intelligence agency in S. Korea, the National Intelligence Service (NIS), revealed in a material shown to national assembly member(s) that the girl -- who is allegedly known as "Ju-ae," the daughter of General Secretary of the WPK in N. Korea, Kin Jong-un -- was "considered as a promising successor at present."

>「公開活動の内容や礼遇の水準」を総合的に分析した結果だとした。
> 金氏がまだ若く、状況は流動的だとして、あらゆる可能性を念頭に注視しているとも説明した。
> 金氏の娘を巡り、国情院は昨年9月、後継者とみるのは「性急」としていたが、その後の動静などから判断を変えた可能性がある。
> 最近では平壌で開かれた新年を祝う公演を金氏の隣で観覧した。

It explained that it's the result of a comprehensive analysis of "the content of public activities and the level of courtesy."
It also explained that since Kim Jong-un was still young and the situation is fluid, it has been therefore keeping a close watch on all possibilities.
Regarding Kim's daughter, the NIS said in last Septemberlast that it would be "too early" to consider her his successor. However, it's possible that it changed its judgment based on her behavior after that.
Recently, she viewed a New Year performance in Pyongyang next to Kim Jong-un.