Kim Jong Un is winning the war for young North Koreans’ hearts and minds



Opinion Kim Jong Un is winning the war for young North Koreans’ hearts and minds Data shows perceptions of regime have improved over last decade, underscoring need to increase access to information Chelsie Alexandre \| Jonathan R. Corrado September 6, 2024 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with members of the Korean Children's Union at the organization's eighth congress on June 8, 2017 \| Image: Rodong Sinmun Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Jonathan R. Corrado and Chelsie Alexandre of The Korea Society. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News. Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Jonathan R. Corrado and Chelsie Alexandre of The Korea Society. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News. Become a member for less than $5.75 per week. Unlimited access to all of NK News: reporting, investigations, analysis The NK News Daily Update, an email newsletter to keep you in the loop Searchable archive of all content, photo galleries, special columns Contact NK News reporters with tips or requests for reporting Get unlimited access to all NK News content, including original reporting, investigations, and analyses by our team of DPRK experts. Subscribe now All major cards accepted. No commitments – you can cancel any time. © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. Get the Daily Update Start your day with the North Korea stories that matter most – as selected by And how should we address you in correspondence? One more step! Please check your inbox, for an email we just sent you, and click on the confirmation message in it to get subscribed to our Daily News Update. Trending

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Kim Jong Un is winning the war for young North Koreans’ hearts and minds

Data shows perceptions of regime have improved over last decade, underscoring need to increase access to information

Chelsie Alexandre | Jonathan R. Corrado September 6, 2024

Kim Jong Un is winning the war for young North Koreans’ hearts and minds

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un with members of the Korean Children's Union at the organization's eighth congress on June 8, 2017 | Image: Rodong Sinmun

Editor’s note: The following article is an opinion piece by Jonathan R. Corrado and Chelsie Alexandre of The Korea Society. Views expressed in opinion articles are exclusively the author’s own and do not represent those of NK News.

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Chelsie Alexandre

Chelsie Alexandre is the Policy Program Officer at The Korea Society. She works with the Director of Policy to develop and implement events that address issues shaping the dynamics of U.S.-ROK relations, the Korean peninsula, and Northeast Asia. Before joining The Korea Society, Chelsie received a Fulbright Research award to conduct research in South Korea on the role of middle power countries in the Korean peace process with Korea University’s Peace and Democracy Institute. During her time in Seoul, she also briefly reported on domestic Korean affairs for The Diplomat.

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Jonathan R. Corrado

As director of policy for The Korea Society, an American non-profit organization, Jonathan Corrado regularly writes and speaks about security, diplomacy, and socioeconomic change on the Korean Peninsula and the surrounding region. He is the author of a series of papers for the United Nations Program in Support of Peace and Cooperation in Northeast Asia, and he has presented at international relations conferences hosted by Oxford, Harvard, and Johns Hopkins universities, as well as in Geneva and Brussels. Jonathan previously served as a translator for Daily NK, a due diligence investigator for Steele Compliance Solutions, and an intern research analyst for the Congressional Research Service (CRS). He is a graduate of the Georgetown University Walsh School of Foreign Service M.A. in Asian Studies Program.

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