Editor's note: We interrupt Andrei Lankov's series on unification scenarios due to the announcement historic 7th Party Congress. The series will continue at the beginning of next week. To see previous installments click here, here, here and here.
The four years of Kim Jong Un’s rule in North Korea have been full of unexpected turns and surprises. We have seen incidents without parallel in earlier North Korean history (like the high-profile purge and execution of Jang Song Thaek). We have also seen the revival of older traditions that seemingly had died with North Korea’s founding father, Kim Il Sung.
Editor's note: We interrupt Andrei Lankov's series on unification scenarios due to the announcement historic 7th Party Congress. The series will continue at the beginning of next week. To see previous installments click here, here, here and here.
The four years of Kim Jong Un’s rule in North Korea have been full of unexpected turns and surprises. We have seen incidents without parallel in earlier North Korean history (like the high-profile purge and execution of Jang Song Thaek). We have also seen the revival of older traditions that seemingly had died with North Korea’s founding father, Kim Il Sung.
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