Pyongyang Announces “Bring Your Daughter to Work Day” Will Now Last 70 Years
State television in North Korea this week showed the nation what analysts described as a historic political development and what middle-school careers advisers described as “aggressive career planning.”
According to South Korea’s intelligence service, the teenage daughter of Kim Jong Un is now approaching official successor status, which would extend the family dynasty into a fourth generation—proving that some family businesses really do keep it in the family, just with significantly more missiles.
When Work Experience Goes Nuclear
In other countries, a 13-year-old shadowing a parent at work means filing papers, learning spreadsheets, maybe discovering coffee tastes like betrayal. In North Korea, it means inspecting nuclear missiles and nodding thoughtfully at artillery batteries whilst adults applaud the nodding.
Experts say the young girl has increasingly appeared beside her father at military parades and major events—the geopolitical equivalent of a LinkedIn endorsement that reads: “Endorsed for: Supreme Leadership, Nuclear Strategy, and Looking Serious in Large Hats.”
A Family Business, But The Family Owns The Country
Political scientists call North Korea a “hereditary socialist republic,” which is academic language for “a monarchy wearing a tracksuit.”
The Kim family has now ruled for three generations, and the possible fourth is already being workshopped like a rebooted film franchise:
Kim IV: Even More Supreme.
Analysts note the child has attended missile launches, official ceremonies, and visits to national monuments—all signals she is being groomed for power in the way most British teenagers are being groomed for GCSEs.
Comparative Parenting Priorities
Western parents worry about screen time and whether TikTok is destroying civilisation.
Kim Jong Un worries about thermonuclear time and whether the missiles are properly maintained.
In most households:
“Finish your homework or no pudding.”
In Pyongyang:
“Finish your succession training or no nuclear deterrent.”
The CV Is Already Impressive
According to intelligence briefings, she may already be giving opinions on policy matters, which is impressive because most teenagers struggle to choose between maths homework and existential despair, let alone nuclear proliferation strategy.
Her current achievements reportedly include:
- Reviewing missile launches
- Attending military inspections
- Standing still whilst generals clap for ten minutes
- Perfecting the national “serious binocular look”
- Not giggling when addressed as “Future Supreme Leader”
Meanwhile, British teens are trying to locate matching socks and remember their NI numbers.
The World Reacts Carefully (Translation: Nervously)
International diplomats are handling the news delicately, because geopolitical etiquette requires pretending this is normal—rather like nodding politely when your mate’s child performs an interpretive dance about climate change.
Official reactions translated from diplomatic language:
United States:
“We encourage stability.”
(Translation: please do not let the teenager press anything red.)
China:
“We respect sovereignty.”
(Translation: we respect predictability and prefer not having surprises on our border.)
United Nations:
“We call for dialogue.”
(Translation: we have absolutely no idea what to do with this and are hoping strongly worded letters still work.)
Political Theory Meets Parenting
Scholars say the move reinforces North Korea’s ideological narrative that the ruling bloodline itself is the state.
In Western democracies, leaders campaign for votes.
In Pyongyang, they campaign for genetics.
A constitutional monarchy has a crown.
North Korea has a surname and a rather strict inheritance policy.
School Career Day Just Got Competitive
Imagine being a North Korean classmate during career presentations.
Student #1:
“I want to be a doctor.”
Student #2:
“I want to be an engineer.”
Student #3:
“I will inherit the nuclear arsenal and possibly rename a mountain after myself.”
Teacher:
“Excellent participation everyone. Extra marks for Student #3’s ambition.”
Analysts See Messaging Strategy
Experts believe the appearances serve domestic propaganda purposes, signalling continuity and stability to citizens.
In other words, the government is reassuring the population that the system will endure for decades, much like a Virgin Media contract—and equally difficult to escape.
The Succession Timeline (A Royal Progression With More Weapons)
North Korea has historically revealed heirs gradually through symbolic public appearances, similar to royalty but with more rocket launchers and fewer corgis.
Historians say previous leaders were introduced the same way: first standing next to things, then pointing at things, then running the things, then having statues built of themselves pointing at things.
The girl has now completed stage one:
Standing next to very large things whilst looking appropriately serious.
The Real Lesson For The World
Many countries debate term limits and democratic succession planning.
North Korea debates generations and genetic suitability.
Western elections ask:
“Who should govern?”
Pyongyang asks:
“Who should be born? And are they related to us?”
Closing Thought From A Concerned Teacher Somewhere
A geography teacher in Seoul reportedly summarised the situation best:
“Most students inherit homework.
One student inherits geopolitics, intercontinental ballistic missiles, and a rather sizeable personality cult.”
And somewhere, in a quiet classroom in Pyongyang, a careers adviser is updating the occupational pamphlet:
Career Path: Supreme Leader
Education: Family lineage
Experience: Attending parades, nodding seriously
Skills: Inherited authority, military oversight, maintaining inscrutability
Retirement plan: Historical immortality and bronze statues
Work-life balance: What’s “life”?
The internship, unfortunately, is mandatory. And it lasts until further notice.
Auf Wiedersehen, amigo!
Hanna Miller, Journalist and Philosopher
London, UK
Hannah Miller, a proud graduate of the University of Iowa’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication, started her career documenting agricultural innovations and rural life in the Midwest. Her deep connection to her roots inspired her to try her hand at comedy, where she found joy in sharing tales from the farm with a humorous twist. Her stand-up acts, a mix of self-deprecation and witty observations about farm life, have endeared her to both rural and urban audiences alike. She is a four-year resident to London and the UK.
