April 25, 2024
Columns

Kim Jong Un’s grave-robbing promotion is his biggest mistake yet

The North Korean leader is committing ideological heresy by taking Kim Jong Il’s general secretary position

The following article is a column by Fyodor Tertitskiy, a leading researcher at Seoul's Kookmin University and author of the book, "North Korea before Kim Il Sung." 


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