The 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.
The 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.
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