38 North Special Report: Recent Changes in Kim Jong Un’s High Command
Prior to the Singapore Summit, the biggest news about the DPRK concerned a personnel shuffle of the Korean People’s Army…
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Domestic Affairs
From politics to economics, from leadership succession to the introduction of fast food restaurants, there is a lot going on inside North Korea.
Kim Yong Chol, A Biography
Note: a version of this biography was first published on the 38 North affiliate blog, North Korean Leadership Watch. Kim…
A Generational Shift in Pyongyang: Is Change Ahead?
The recent developments since Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s speech raise the possibility of a generational shift in the leadership…
A New Enchilada
With this year’s New Year’s address, Kim Jong Un put in play a familiar North Korean gambit—letting the fox loose…