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☆ Kim Jong Un has broken with decades of North Korean policy – does it mean he’s planning for war?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Simone Mccarthy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

The two sides have been cut off from each other since 1953, when an armistice ended the Korean War, and remain technically at war. Yoon and Biden have sharpened their countries’ deterrence plans and coordination in the face of North Korea’s threats and weapons development. If anything, some analysts believe, North Korea’s public statements signal that North Korea is abandoning its reunification policy in pursuit of peace on the peninsula. Vladimir Smirnov/AFP/Getty ImagesAn ‘emboldened’ KimThe North Korean leader may also feel more confident about his arsenal and his options as he watches a shifting global landscape. “Kim Jong Un is wary of a full-scale provocation by the South Korean military disguised as a military exercise and has vowed to occupy South Korean territory without hesitation,” said Lim in Changwon.

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☆ For North Korea, US defectors can be a propaganda win, but a logistical pain
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-19 | by ( Josh Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Analysts said discussions over the soldier's fate could see some of the first diplomatic engagement between North Korea and the United States in years. "I do not think North Korea views the latest incident as strong leverage or an opportunity to engage the U.S.," she said. "North Korea knows that the U.S. government is unlikely to change its North Korea policy or its commitment to U.S. extended deterrence because of one U.S. soldier who reportedly faced disciplinary action and wilfully crossed into North Korea." "Their conditions are better not only than the average North Korean prisoner, but of the average North Korean citizen." North Korean border guards fatally shot and burned the body of a South Korean fisheries official in 2020, and later leader Kim Jong Un ordered an entire city into lockdown when a North Korean crossed back into the country from the South.

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☆ Daughter of North Korean leader Kim shares spotlight with nuclear missiles
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-09 | by ( Josh Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

SEOUL, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Sharing drinks, watching missile parades and dining with senior army commanders, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's daughter was centre stage with her father and mother at major military events this week. A day earlier, Ri and the daughter were once again with Kim as he wined, dined and flattered military commanders at a lavish banquet commemorating this week's army foundation anniversary. [1/3] North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, his wife Ri Sol Ju and their daughter Kim Ju Ae attend a military parade to mark the 75th founding anniversary of North Korea's army, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea February 8, 2023, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "The North Korean leadership probably has to make the case for why the country has to keep investing in national defence in spite of the deteriorating economic conditions," Lee said. "And no propaganda can be more potent than the leader’s young daughter to convey that message."

☆ Analysis: In male-dominated North Korea, leadership prospects of Kim Jong Un's daughter are uncertain
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-22 | by ( Josh Smith | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +6 min

Chun Su-jin, the South Korean author of a book on North Korean women leaders, said the chance of North Korean elites welcoming Kim's daughter as ruler is close to zero. “That gives ample time for North Korea's political culture to change and create the conditions for a female successor,” Madden said. The increased participation of North Korean women in elite politics does not necessarily indicate change to the broader social or political systems, 38 North said in a 2020 report. North Korea is deeply isolated from world geopolitics and is under UN sanctions for its weapons programmes, which include nuclear bombs. "In North Korea, gender is still important to be a leader," said Hyun In-ae, a North Korean defector who now works at the Ewha Institute of Unification Studies in Seoul.

☆ Kim Jong Un și-a numit un înlocuitor. Cine va ocupa funcția de „prim secretar”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Titularul noului post de „prim secretar” va conduce ședințe în numele lui Kim Jong Un. Potrivit agenției de știri sud-coreene, Kim Jong Un vrea să scape de „povara” gestionării partidului, scrie digi24.roKim Jong Un a folosit el însuși denumirea de „prim secretar” din 2012 până în 2016, când a devenit „secretar general”. Jo, considerat unul dintre cei mai apropiați asistenți ai lui Kim, a fost văzut de analiști ca numărul trei în stat, după Kim Jong Un și Choe Ryong Hae, președintele Comitetului permanent al Adunării Populare Supreme. Anul trecut, agenția de informații sud-coreeană preciza că sora lui Kim, Kim Yo Jong, îi slujea drept „al doilea comandant de facto”, dar nu a fost desemnată în mod oficial succesorul dictatorului nord-coreean. În același timp, la Congresul din ianuarie, din statutul Partidului Muncitorilor a fost eliminat termenul ”songun” sau ”politică militară pe primul loc”, un cuvânt cheie în era Kim Jong Il.

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☆ Kim Jong Un și-a numit un înlocuitor; Cine va ocupa funcția de „prim secretar”
▼ + stars: | 2021-06-01 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Titularul noului post de „prim secretar” va conduce ședințe în numele lui Kim Jong Un. Potrivit agenției de știri sud-coreene, Kim Jong Un vrea să scape de „povara” gestionării partidului. Kim Jong Un a folosit el însuși denumirea de „prim secretar” din 2012 până în 2016, când a devenit „secretar general”. Jo, considerat unul dintre cei mai apropiați asistenți ai lui Kim, a fost văzut de analiști ca numărul trei în stat, după Kim Jong Un și Choe Ryong Hae, președintele Comitetului permanent al Adunării Populare Supreme. Anul trecut, agenția de informații sud-coreeană preciza că sora lui Kim, Kim Yo Jong, îi slujea drept „al doilea comandant de facto”, dar nu a fost desemnată în mod oficial succesorul dictatorului nord-coreean.

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