April 27, 2024
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Kim Jong Un and daughter inaugurate new street construction project in Pyongyang

Girl makes first appearance at work site as leader lauds North Koreans’ sacrifices on ‘great construction battlefield’

Kim Jong Un and his “beloved” daughter attended the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of a new street in Pyongyang on Saturday, according to state media, the first time the leader’s increasingly prominent daughter has appeared at such an event.

The young girl’s appearance underscored the emphasis on young North Koreans at the inauguration of the new project in Sopho District, which Kim lauded as “another proud page in the history of our country’s youth movement,” ruling party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported Sunday.

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