North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's appearance at a military parade with his daughter fueled speculation that she is being groomed as a future leader.

Kim Jong Un attended the parade accompanied by his 9-year-old daughter. SEOUL, South Korea -- North Korea staged a large nighttime military parade on Wednesday possibly showing off its largest number of intercontinental ballistic missiles on one occasion.

The parade marking the 75th founding anniversary of the North Korean army featured Pyongyang's largest-ever intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), per Reuters. Meanwhile, the prominent presence of the North Korean leader's middle-school-aged daughter Kim Ju-ae at the parade one day after she visited an army base with her father and attended an official dinner has increased speculation that she's being groomed as his successor.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his young daughter took center stage at a huge military parade, fueling speculation that she’s being primed as a future leader of the isolated country

A missile is displayed during a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023, in this photo released by

By Josh Smith and Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL (Reuters) -Nuclear-armed North Korea displayed multiple long-range missiles during a nighttime parade, its state media reported on Thursday, including what analysts say could be a new,