Kim Jong-Un’s latest daddy-daughter time is a time out on the shooting range | News World

The pair donned leather jackets as they fired the brand new guns (Pictures: AP/Reuters)

Kim Jong-Un and his teenage daughter went on a date in North Korea together to fireplace recent pistols in a munitions factory.

Photos released by state media showed the dictator and his teenage daughter, Kim Ju-ae, closing one eye as they fired the firearms.

During an inspection of a light-weight munitions factory, Kim Jong Un shot the gun as he pushed to modernise conventional forces after years of give attention to nuclear weapons.

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Kim visited a factory producing pistols and other light arms a day earlier and reviewed a brand new pistol that recently entered production.

After testing the weapon at a shooting range, Kim rated it ‘excellent’, the agency said.

The agency didn’t mention the presence of Kim’s daughter in its text report but its photos showed her firing a pistol together with senior military officials.

Until a couple of years ago, the young teenager was kept out of the general public eye, but has recently been attending high-profile events together with her dictator father.

This picture taken on March 8, 2026 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 9, 2026 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (R) and his daughter Kim Ju Ae (L) watching a performance commemorating International Women's Day at the Pyongyang Gymnasium. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP via Getty Images) / South Korea OUT / ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT
The dad and daughter have been spotted together so much recently (Picture: AFP)

Your complete family of Kim Jong-un is secretive, and there continues to be speculation about what number of children he and his wife, Ko Yong-hui, have together.

It’s reported that Kim Ju-ae is the center child of three. She is believed to be across the age of 13 or 14, but her birthday isn’t known.

Her first public appearance in Western media was in November 2022 when she was pictured accompanying her father during an inspection of the launch of the country’s largest ballistic missile, a Hwasong-17 intercontinental.

Before that, Kim Ju-ae’s existence had never been confirmed.

Her recently public profile might be a sign that the teenager will later grow to be a frontrunner and present the Kim family within the sort of a monarchy.

In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, right, and his daughter visit a factory producing pistols and other light arms at an undisclosed place in North Korea Wednesday, March 11, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
They got an intimate look into the munitions factory (Picture: AP)

In September, the dictator and his daughter appeared in China’s capital of Beijing for the military parade in Tiananmen Square.

Ju-ae stood near her father as he was greeted by Chinese officials​, based on photos released by North Korean state media.

It was the primary known international appearance by the girl, who has attended multiple weapons tests in North Korea alongside her father.

Actually, Ju-ae was first introduced into the world when she accompanied him to the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.

Nevertheless it was the previous American NBA star Dennis Rodman who first slipped up about her existence after travelling to the reclusive nation.

In accordance with Rodman, during his 2013 visit to Pyongyang, Kim introduced him to his wife Ri Sol Ju and a baby girl, saying ‘that’s my daughter.’

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