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Phebe Kim
Phebe Kim is an NK News contributor based in Washington DC. She is a Fulbright Korea Grantee, 2010-2012 and is currently a M.A. Candidate at Georgetown University.
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Interviews Armstrong: N. Korean society has shifted away from Cold War systemThe North Korean totalitarian system is almost 70 years old and can't continue to work in the same way it did in the past, Charles Armstrong, a well-known scholar on Korean history, told NK News. Armstrong traces the system's origins to Stalinism and the legacy of Japanese colonial rule. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |