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One must admit: the first years of Kim Jong Un's rule, roughly between 2012 and 2016, can in hindsight be described as a time of remarkable economic success. Perhaps, even, as a minor economic boom.
Views expressed in Opinion articles are exclusively the authors’ own and do not represent those of NK News.
One must admit: the first years of Kim Jong Un's rule, roughly between 2012 and 2016, can in hindsight be described as a time of remarkable economic success. Perhaps, even, as a minor economic boom.
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