North Korea Makes a Still More Conservative Turn at Party Plenum
This year seems likely to be tense and dangerously confrontational on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea’s unusually tough response to…
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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…
Kim Carefully Nudges the Dialogue Door Open Wider
Kim Jong Un’s comments on US policy at the ongoing party plenum[1]—a notable shift from the heavily domestic agendas that…
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…