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North Korea Remains Stable Amid Increased Emphasis on Party Discipline, Some Governance Anomalies, and Daughter’s Growing Prominence

Isozaki Atsuhito

Jul 31, 2025

Domestic Affairs, NK Briefing

This article is from the first edition (April-June 2025) of 38 North’s new quarterly product, …

Kim Jong Un’s Risky Economic Gambit

Jonathan Corrado and 38 North

Apr 2, 2021

Commentary, Economy

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s newly unveiled economic strategy aims to reconfigure the …

Part III: Overhauling the Legacy Government

Part III: Overhauling the Legacy Government

Alexandre Mansourov

Dec 21, 2012

Domestic Affairs

This is Part III of a three-part series written by Dr. Alexandre Mansourov assessing the …

Part II: The Kim Family Reigns: Preserving the Monarchy and Strengthening the Party-State

Part II: The Kim Family Reigns: Preserving the Monarchy and Strengthening the Party-State

Alexandre Mansourov

Dec 19, 2012

Domestic Affairs

This is Part II of a three-part analytical series written by Dr. Alexandre Y. Mansourov …