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Here we go again: Kim Jong Un is pinning false hope on tech to fix his economy
From Mao to Stalin, communist leaders have pushed bad science in hope of achieving their socialist utopias
March 12, 2021
Kim Jong Un won’t change until he has the power to nuke any American city
Contrary to what diplomats say, denuclearizing North Korea remains impossible
February 22, 2021
North Koreans survive on private business — and Kim will fail to stop them
North Koreans also resisted former DPRK leader Kim Jong Il’s attempts to clamp down on the country’s private economy
February 15, 2021
Another Myanmar? Why there won’t be a military coup in North Korea any time soon
The North Korean military knows they must hang together with the Kim regime, or be hanged separately
February 3, 2021
Kim recently took his father’s title, but that’s only going to weaken his rule
Trashing Kim Jong Il's legacy will only serve to undermine the very bloodline Kim Jong Un draws his legitimacy from
February 2, 2021
North Korea’s not going to change — no nuke deal, no regime change, no reform
Pyongyang knows that nukes and unquestioning leadership unity are both crucial to its survival
January 29, 2021
‘The big hunt’: When North Korean agents almost killed South Korea’s president
North Korea came dangerously close to assassinating President Park Chung-hee in the Blue House in Seoul on Jan. 21, 1968
January 21, 2021
It’s not about nukes. The real news is North Korea’s dangerous economic reforms.
North Korea pursued economic reform for the last 10 years, but decisions at the Party Congress will undo that progress
January 15, 2021
Kim Jong Un’s nixed New Years speech shows just how stressed he really is
After an isolated year mired by economic hardship, the North Korean leader couldn’t be bothered with ceremonious remarks
January 1, 2021
A North Korean textbook shows that Pyongyang and Beijing are still ‘frenemies’
By all indications, Pyongyang and Beijing really cozied up in 2020. But a recent history book suggests otherwise.
December 17, 2020
