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ABC News reported that the parade was held at Kim Il-Sung Square, in central Pyongyang, with over 30,000 soldiers participating. But the centre of attention was Kim's daughter, which ABC News said is nine-year-old Kim Ju Ae. The girl has been spotted in several important military related events since November last year, raising speculations that she may be the future of Pyongyang's leadership. "Kim Jong Un seems to be taking advantage of the international attention from the public whenever he brings his daughter to military photo ops," Professor Park Won-gon of Ewha Womans University, told ABC News. "She also has a symbolic significance as the next generation, as Kim Jong Un has been referring to its ICBM Hwasong-17 as a source of well-being and happiness of the next generation." Ju Ae even inspected a guard of honour alongside her father. The photos were also beamed live by state television during the broadcast of the military parade. For years, North Kor...