North Korean escapee and Global Peace Foundation lead strategist Hyunseung Lee joins the podcast to discuss his recent article examining what the first seven days after Kim Jong Un’s death might look like, following the spread of false rumors about the North Korean leader’s condition.

Drawing on his experiences living through the deaths of Kim Il Sung in 1994 and Kim Jong Il in 2011, Lee explains how North Korea managed previous leadership transitions and why he believes the country’s tightly structured political and military systems could prevent immediate instability in the event of another succession.

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