"Kim Adopts Trappings of Royalty as He Presents 'Princess' to North Korea" by Christian Davies for Financial Times

Onn Regional Issues Manager & Senior Analyst Rachel Minyoung Lee was interviewed for a Financial Times article.

" 'The photos of Kim and his daughter at the ICBM launch site were clearly intended to bolster his image as the father of the people and the nation,' said Rachel Minyoung Lee, a senior analyst at ... Open Nuclear Network in Vienna.

'The main reason, however, seems to have been to highlight the necessity of nuclear weapons programmes for the security of future generations - and Ju Ae likely was meant to represent future generations.'

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Lee added: 'Kim wants to show that the country has no intention of slowing down, let alone giving up, his nuclear and missile programmes.' "

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