Is He or Is He Not? Political Authority, Media Appearance, and the DPRK Leadership Question

By Korhonen Pekka | May 20, 2014

Is Kim Jong-un merely a symbol? Pekka Korhohen, a visiting scholar at Kyoto University, reviews Kim Jong-un’s charismatic leadership in both theory and practice, engaging with assertions that North Korea is not actually ruled over by the Marshal.