North Korea

Behind North Korea’s closed curtains: the Kim regime’s ongoing struggle against collapse

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For the past 79 years, North Korea has been ruled by the Kim family dynasty. What started as a communist country has become a secretive nationalist dictatorship handed over from father to son to grandson, ruling over 23 million people who are forbidden access to outside information. North Korea watchers say the main reason for the country’s extreme isolation and aggressive rhetoric is the regime’s extreme paranoia and fear of collapse in a hostile global environment. Pyongyang views its rival South Korea as a constant existential threat. The experts say the North’s political and military developments over the past 30 years have all been responses to the leadership’s push for continued rule.

 

October 26, 2024