Inside Pyongyang’s secret playbook: North Korea’s Kim dynasty plans brutal transition for succession

Published on Feb 08, 2026 07:00 am IST

Kim Jong-un is quietly drawing up a terrifying succession plan, and it doesn’t end with him. Reports say his feared sister Kim Yo-jong is being primed to take over first, tightening her grip with purges and executions “within hours” of assuming power, before acting as regent for his teenage daughter, Kim Ju-ae. From firing-squad history to spy warnings and a potential first female dictator in the 2030s, the Kim dynasty’s next chapter could be its most ruthless yet.

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