Martin Weiser received his MA from Korea University in 2014 with a thesis explaining North Korea’s changing human rights policy. He has continued researching North Korea’s political history as an independent researcher since then. His writings have appeared on SinoNK and in 2018 an article on the country’s legal system appeared in the European Journal of Korean Studies.
Commentaries had disappeared by October 2019, but have come back recently, discussing Hong Kong and leaflet launches
The 4th Enlarged Meeting of the Seventh CMC prioritized national defense, while also seeing some important promotions
Precedent suggests the leader's absence last week, while unusual, may not be that significant
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Veteran economic policymaker may have been demoted from ruling party Central Committee, analysis suggests
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