Recently NK News, with the help of /r/NorthKoreaNews organized an Ask Me Anything session with Dr. Andrei Lankov on Reddit. The response was extremely enthusiastic, with nearly 200 contributions to the thread in the few hours that the discussion lasted.

Here is a quick summary of the conversation, featuring the ten comments that most interested us:

1. “Do you see the Kim dynasty surviving into the fourth generation?”

It will be almost impossible for Kim Jong Un to stay in charge for another 30-40 years. If he succeeds (I really think this is highly unlikely) it will be very difficult