About the Author
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy is a leading researcher at Seoul's Kookmin University. He holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Seoul National University, and is author of "North Korea before Kim Il Sung," which you can buy here.
It has been 10 years since Kim Jong Un inherited the throne. State media announced his ascension to the country and the world just two days after his father’s death, and since then, he has remained the unquestioned leader of North Korea.
His first decade surely has seen many dramatic events. Some of these were widely reported, such as missile launches, nuclear tests and the Supreme Leader’s meetings with Donald Trump. Some were less colorful but arguably more impactful.