There was no mention of Ju-ae in the article.
“Designating a successor in line with the people’s respect and trust, and the collective will of the party as well as establishing the successor’s leadership while the state head is alive” were listed as central to addressing the succession issue, the Yonhap report added.
Pyongyang has not publicly discussed the successor of the country’s incumbent leader, who is a third-generation ruler from the Kim family.
Kim took power in 2011 after his father and North Korea’s second leader, Kim Jong-il, died.
The incumbent’s grandfather, Kim Il-sung, is the founding leader of the North Korean state, who ruled until 1994 after the end of Japanese colonial rule in 1945.