The DPRK Political Season: Two Post-Mortems
North Korea kicked off its political calendar with a pair of meetings on April 8 and April 9, …
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The SPA Session of April 2014: Spotlight on Sports and Economic and Trade Zones
The first session of the newly elected[1] 13th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA, North Korea’s …
Personnel Shifts in the SPA Election: Steady as She Goes
The election of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly on March 9, 2014 did not reveal any major …
North Korea: Leadership Schisms and Consolidation During Kim Jong Un’s Second Year in Power
The Year of Reckoning The year 2013 will be recorded in North Korea’s political history as the …