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N. Korea Kim Jong-un and Boris Yeltsin
North Korea has suddenly got a new leader. Predictably enough, people want to make sense of this sudden change and many Pyongyangologists (admittedly, not a large group) look into their crystal balls in an attempt to guess what line the newNorth Korean strongman will take. When dealing with all of…
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Four Survival Rules for a Young Dictator
So, Marshal Kim Jong Il, the lodestar of the 21st century, is dead, and his impoverished country is going to be run by his son Kim Jong Un, who might be the world’s youngest four-star general. This sudden power transfer produced much speculation about North Korea’s future. Will the country…
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Libyan Revolution and North Korea
So,Colonel Gaddafi is dead, and the Libyan revolution has succeeded. Its triumph is usually presented in the Western media as another great victory of democracy. It remains to be seen to what extent this optimism is warranted. But there is little doubt that news from Libya has further complicated the…
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Can China Manage North Korea?
The recent news about the establishment of Special Economic Zones (SEZ) on the Sino-North Korean border has once again attracted much attention to the relations between the two countries. The remarkable prominence of China in North Korean economy has led to a great deal of speculation pertaining to China’s alleged…
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