The Fourth Session of the 13th SPA: Tweaks at the Top
The 4th session of the 13th Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA), the DPRK’s rubber-stamp unicameral legislative body, replaced the country’s supreme…
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The Death of a Diplomat: Kang Sok Ju
On October 4, 2002, Kang Sok Ju participated in a historically ambiguous but relatively significant official interaction between the US…
Deciphering the 7th Party Congress: A Teaser for Greater Change?
From one perspective, the 7th Congress of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) was a monotonous event, long on rhetoric…
Let the Hawks Soar
With less than three months left before the 7th Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Congress is scheduled to convene in…