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Eight years into his rule, Kim Jong Un faces grim choices in 2020

Rising tensions do not bode well for the North Korean leader — or his people

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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.

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