About the Author
Fyodor Tertitskiy
Fyodor Tertitskiy is a lecturer at Seoul’s Korea University. He is the author of "Accidental Tyrant: The Life of Kim Il-sung" and several other books on North Korean history and military.
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Opinion Eight years into his rule, Kim Jong Un faces grim choices in 2020Rising tensions do not bode well for the North Korean leader — or his people Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own and do not represent the views of NK News. Tomorrow is December 17, 2019, and it has been eight years since Kim Jong Il died and eight years since Kim Jong Un ascended to the North Korean throne. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. |