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October 13, 2024

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Information related to North Korea’s leadership and leadership structures

The Seventh Congress and the prospects for North Korea’s economy

The Seventh Congress and the prospects for North Korea’s economy

Much rhetoric on economic change at landmark event, but little detail signifying change

The Seventh Congress and the prospects for North Korea’s economy
Yoojin Rhee
Yoojin Rhee May 13, 2016
Sanctions will hurt everyone but North Korea’s leaders

Sanctions will hurt everyone but North Korea’s leaders

If anything sanction will cause authorities to crack down on nascent marketization in the North

Sanctions will hurt everyone but North Korea’s leaders
Georgy Toloraya
Georgy Toloraya May 12, 2016
North Korea’s capital, Juche and a towering achievement

North Korea’s capital, Juche and a towering achievement

Continued changes to the cityscape push Pyongyang toward Kim's ideas, away from Soviet influence

North Korea’s capital, Juche and a towering achievement
John Petrushka
John Petrushka May 10, 2016
With Byungjin, Kim Jong Un hedges his bets

With Byungjin, Kim Jong Un hedges his bets

Despite economic emphasis, planks of North Korean strategy hold fail-safe in event of setbacks

With Byungjin, Kim Jong Un hedges his bets
Andray Abrahamian
Andray Abrahamian May 9, 2016
History, Juche and public space in making of North Korea’s capital

History, Juche and public space in making of North Korea’s capital

Shifting ideas and loyalties from the early days of the republic can be seen in Pyongyang's design

History, Juche and public space in making of North Korea’s capital
John Petrushka
John Petrushka May 6, 2016
What happens at a North Korean Party Conference or Congress

What happens at a North Korean Party Conference or Congress

What, based on history, are the chances of reform being announced at the Seventh Congress?

What happens at a North Korean Party Conference or Congress
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy May 2, 2016
Kim Jong Un and the children: developing ‘their own way’

Kim Jong Un and the children: developing ‘their own way’

The third Kim pays special attention to children in fiction, rewarding a surprising individuality

Kim Jong Un and the children: developing ‘their own way’
Tatiana Gabroussenko
Tatiana Gabroussenko April 29, 2016
Critical diplomacy: How the UK’s first ambassador to N.Korea operated

Critical diplomacy: How the UK’s first ambassador to N.Korea operated

David Slinn has plenty to say about North Korea more than a decade after working as UK ambassador

Critical diplomacy: How the UK’s first ambassador to N.Korea operated
Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham April 29, 2016
To ‘get’ Kim Jong Un, Sun Tzu trumps Clausewitz

To ‘get’ Kim Jong Un, Sun Tzu trumps Clausewitz

In order to deal with dictators, one has to understand what motivates them, to be in their head

To ‘get’ Kim Jong Un, Sun Tzu trumps Clausewitz
Robert E. McCoy
Robert E. McCoy April 27, 2016
North Korea is a failed state

North Korea is a failed state

Mass defections show that something is afoot in the North, even if collapse not imminent

North Korea is a failed state
John Lee
John Lee April 21, 2016