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North Korean politics
December 06, 2021
Kim Jong Un and the ‘Supreme Leader System’
By ISOZAKI Atsuhito
After 30 years, the model is still alive and well.
May 04, 2020
Kim Jong Un Reappears to Open Fertilizer Plant After Rumor-Heavy Absence
By Ankit Panda
Kim opened the Sunchon Phosphate Fertilizer Plant — a facility he had drawn attention to months earlier.
April 22, 2020
South Korea Downplays Concerns Over Kim Jong Un’s Health
By Associated Press
Officials in Seoul sounded caution over unverified reports of Kim Jong Un suffering health complications.
December 04, 2019
North Korea Announces Ruling Party Plenary Meeting for Late December 2019
By Ankit Panda
The plenary meeting may coincide with a major policy decision by Kim Jong Un on diplomacy with the United States.
October 17, 2019
Kim Jong Un’s Horseback Stunt Is No Laughing Matter
By Ankit Panda
Kim Jong Un's latest photo-op might inspire laughs, but it's an important sign.
August 03, 2019
The New Face in North Korea-US Diplomacy
By Rongjie Lin
Choe Son Hui has enjoyed a rapid rise from the North Korean Department of Foreign Affairs to the State Affairs Commission.
May 23, 2018
The Trump-Kim Summit, North Korea's 'New Strategic Line,' and Pompeo's 'Bold Approach' 2.0
By Ankit Panda
The United States is right that North Korea seeks economic betterment, but misses the mark on how it seeks this goal.
October 07, 2017
The Chinese Dream in Peril: Xi Jinping and the Korean Crisis
By Anthony Miller
Beijing has a vested interest in the status quo -- not in the Kim dynasty.
August 19, 2016
Number of Elite North Korean Defectors on the Rise
By Kim Tae-woo
What changing patterns of defections tell us about life under the Kim Jong-un regime.
May 10, 2016
North Korea Party Congress: Much Ado About Nothing
By Bruce Klingner
Very little came out of the rarely-convened Party Congress last week.
February 12, 2016
Another Purge in North Korea?
By John Power
South Korean media claims Kim Jong-un has executed the army’s chief of the General Staff.
February 10, 2016
North Korea's Nuclear Test, Satellite Launch, and Byungjin
By Ankit Panda
Is North Korea's recent spate of provocation leading up to a pivot toward economic reform?
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