In North Korea (as opposed to Russia or China) what we basically see is a monarchy in all but name.
That has the general upside, internally, of keeping the succession clear. Assuming that the successor is an adult, as was the case the first two times.
But the downside shows in cases like this where the obvious successor is very young. Perhaps her mother will be regent until she is older. Most likely, however, someone outside the family gets made regent. Which can be problematic.
In North Korea (as opposed to Russia or China) what we basically see is a monarchy in all but name.
That has the general upside, internally, of keeping the succession clear. Assuming that the successor is an adult, as was the case the first two times.
But the downside shows in cases like this where the obvious successor is very young. Perhaps her mother will be regent until she is older. Most likely, however, someone outside the family gets made regent. Which can be problematic.
A lot depends on how long Kim pere keeps going.