Kim Jong-un
The Fall of a Man: The Rise of a Marshal
Nick Miller touches on Ri Yong-ho’s “illness” and looks at a rash of “car accidents” in and around Pyongyang.
Scapegoats, Boiled Dogs, and the Laos Visit: Nicolas Levi on Ri Yong Ho
Dr. Nicolas Levi looks back at purged General Ri Yong-ho’s May 2012 voyage to Laos and its implications.
Beware the North Korean Rumor Mill: Chris Green on Sourcing and Quality of Borderlands Information
Christopher Green breaks down the quality of information derived from Chosun Workers’ Party cadres, Chinese-Korean traders, and rumors in markets in North Korean markets.
SinoNK Dukes of Hazzard Edition: Chasing the General Ri
SinoNK Dukes of Hazzard Edition: Chasing the General Ri by Adam Cathcart While our team of analysts at SinoNK has – as yet— been unable to capture any exclusive interviews about the departure of General Ri Yong-ho from Pyongyang’s strewn stages, we have surely been reading the Chinese press for clues and new analytical threads. […]
Let Them Eat Concerts: Music, the Moranbong Band and Cultural Turns in Kim Jong Un’s Korea
Sometimes analysts fixate all of their energies on hard institutions, such as the central government, the military, or emergent non-governmental groups, as the primary drivers of society. Although government decrees, military drills and protests are important indicators, sometimes the less obvious — that which doesn’t involve rocket launches or social upheaval — tells an equal amount […]
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