How a leadership reshuffle could spell trouble for future North Korean reforms



Opinion How a leadership reshuffle could spell trouble for future North Korean reforms With sanctions beginning to take their toll, Kim Jong Un may be changing course Andrei Lankov April 14, 2019 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON KCNA Last week’s first session of the 14th SPA and a high-level 4th Plenum of the 7th WPK Central Committee were, as usual, marked by a reshuffle of top officials. While key players in North Korean can be demoted or promoted at pretty much any time, established tradition dictates that it is preferable to use meetings of North Korea’s ceremonial assemblies as venues to declare who is in, who is up, and who is out. In most cases, such reshuffles, despite being very interesting to media, are of little serious value to North Korea watchers. Too little is known about © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update & Podcast Updates Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by Trending

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How a leadership reshuffle could spell trouble for future North Korean reforms

With sanctions beginning to take their toll, Kim Jong Un may be changing course

Andrei Lankov April 14, 2019

How a leadership reshuffle could spell trouble for future North Korean reforms

KCNA

Last week’s first session of the 14th SPA and a high-level 4th Plenum of the 7th WPK Central Committee were, as usual, marked by a reshuffle of top officials.

While key players in North Korean can be demoted or promoted at pretty much any time, established tradition dictates that it is preferable to use meetings of North Korea’s ceremonial assemblies as venues to declare who is in, who is up, and who is out.

In most cases, such reshuffles, despite being very interesting to media, are of little serious value to North Korea watchers. Too little is known about