Book Review: “The Day That Kim Jong Un Disappears From Center Stage”
金正恩が表舞台から消える日：北朝鮮 水面下の権力闘争 (Kin Seion ga omote butai kara kieru hi: Kitachosen suimenka no kenryoku toso) By Gomi Yoji. Heibonsha, 2021. 223…
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Beyond the Billet-Doux: Thoughts on How to Read the Trump-Kim Letters
Serious engagement between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has typically employed three strands of signaling:…
North Korea’s Party Personnel Shuffles: A Reality Check
What is going on in North Korea? North Korea’s already-fragile economy is ailing as the national lockdown against the novel…
Is the North Korean Economy Under Kim Jong Un in Danger? “Arduous March” in the Age of COVID-19?
Most countries around the world are experiencing difficulties with the COVID-19 pandemic.[1] By comparison, North Korea’s situation must have been…