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December 23, 2024

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Why Kim Jong Un couldn’t be bothered with more ‘on-the-spot’ guidances in 2020

It may be a North Korean tradition, but the young ruler is making his own leadership traditions this year

The following article is a column by Tatiana Gabroussenko, a professor of North Korean studies at Korea University in Seoul.  


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