North Korea’s Kim gifts rifles to officials and his daughter takes aim after party congress

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has gifted top government and military officials new sniper rifles following a weeklong ruling party congress celebrating his leadership. North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said Saturday Kim presented the rifles to senior party and military officials a day earlier. The report calls them a sign of his “absolute trust” and gratitude for their commitment over the past five years since the last Workers’ Party congress in 2021. State media has highlighted an image of Kim's teenage daughter taking aim at a shooting range with one of the rifles. Her increasingly prominent appearances fuel speculation Kim is grooming her as a future leader.