The North Korean Economy Under Sanctions and COVID-19
While North Korea’s COVID-19 containment measures are already showing negative impacts on its economy, the pandemic is just the latest…
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Can Kim Jong Un Use the Pandemic to Restore State Control Over the Economy?
The COVID-19 pandemic poses major governance challenges to dictatorships and democracies alike, but it has also proven to be something…
I Am Kim’s Heart: The Health Status of Chairman Kim Jong Un
During the 1960s and 1970s, Reader’s Digest ran a series of one of the most popular columns— over 7 million…
What Does North Korea’s Zero COVID-19 Claim Signify?
North Korea has claimed from the outset of the coronavirus pandemic that it has no COVID-19 patients within its territory.…