Ju-ae's Standing: A Distinct Brooch and Standout Fashion Set Her Apart

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's daughter, Kim Ju-ae, has recently been frequently spotted wearing a brooch shaped like the North Korean flag. Analysts say that choosing to wear this brooch instead of the standard portrait badge bearing the faces of the Kim family carries a powerful message.

Reporter Kim Ayeong has the details.

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On September 6, at the commissioning ceremony of the 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Gon held at Wonsan Port in Gangwon Province, North Korea.

As uniformed soldiers salute, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, his wife Ri Sol-ju, and their daughter Ju-ae make their appearance.

The only three people not wearing portrait badges featuring the faces of North Korea's past supreme leaders on their left chests are these three individuals.

Instead of a portrait badge, Kim Ju-ae wore a brooch, and she has recently appeared quite often wearing what appears to be a stylized North Korean national flag.

It closely resembles the one worn by her mother, Ri Sol-ju, during the North Korea-China summit in March 2018.

In the North Korean system, wearing a brooch on its own without a portrait badge suggests a status on an entirely different level. Analysts suggest the intention is to signal her identity as a public figure through the symbol of the national flag.

This marks a clear difference in stature from Kim Jong-un's sister and aunt, Kim Yo-jong, who invariably appears wearing her portrait badge.

[Park Gye-ri / Professor, National Institute for Unification Education: It shows how power will shift within North Korea. It makes it clear that power will not go from Kim Jong-un to Kim Yo-jong. I think it is clearly signaling that to people inside North Korea.]

Last March, visiting the Belarusian president presented a brooch to Kim Jong-un as a gift to be delivered to Kim Ju-ae.

[(I hope this can be given to your daughter. It's a brooch.) Thank you.]

These visual devices intended to imprint Kim Ju-ae's presence include not only accessories like brooches, but her attire as well.

This scene is from her visit to the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery on August 14.

While most people were dressed in black, Kim Ju-ae drew attention by being the only one wearing a pink skirt suit.

(Camera and sound: Cho Chun-dong, Video editing: Kim Ho-jin)
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