Pictured: Kim Jong Un flaunts daughter as North Korea celebrates Navy Day

Kim Jong Un and his daughter inspect the guard of honor during a visit to the Navy Headquarters. Photo: KCNA via KNS

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un paraded his young daughter in front of his regime's naval headquarters, urging the military to be constantly ready for war.

During his first official public speech with May Zhu E dressed in a formal white jacket with gold buttons, stood at attention with ornate naval officers and her father in a cream-colored business suit.

The couple was also shown inspecting the officers while walking along the red carpet.< /p>

Kim took advantage of Monday's Navy Day to lash out at the United States and South Korea for conducting «crazier» naval operations. exercises off the coast of North Korea.

Kim next to her daughter (left) Photo: STR/AFP Kim visits Naval Command. Credit: STR/AFP

Last week, the two allies began their annual Freedom of Ulchi military exercise, which they insist is defensive in nature, but Pyongyang regularly convenes invasion rehearsals.

In his speech, Kim warned that the waters of the Korean Peninsula had become unstable «with the threat of nuclear war» due to US-led military action, according to state news agency KCNA.

He also promised to expand the capabilities of his forces, pledging that: «In the future, our navy will become a strategic mission component of the state's nuclear deterrent forces.»

During his Navy Day speech, Kim said that each branch of the military will receive new weapons. Photo: KCNA via KNS

North Korea's leader cited a recent historic US announcement: The South Korea-Japan summit hosted by Joe Biden, US President, at Camp David, where the three countries agreed to begin sharing real-time missile warning data and hold annual trilateral exercises and leaders' meetings.

He also mentioned the recent visit to South Korea by a nuclear-capable US Navy ballistic missile submarine last month.

Tension in Korea peninsula continues to escalate due to the unprecedented series of weapons tests carried out by the North since then. in early 2022 and the intensification of joint US-South Korean military exercises.

In the last known weapons test, Pyongyang unsuccessfully tried to launch a spy satellite last Thursday, which was widely condemned by the international community.