Kim holds nearly every top title in North Korea’s party and - TopicsExpress



          

Kim holds nearly every top title in North Korea’s party and military, redundant reminders of his control. There have been no outward signs of instability in Pyongyang under Kim, although the North continues to struggle under its archaic state-run economy. Dissent is categorically banned in the North, and those who criticize the top leadership — or the state doctrine — are sent to one of the North’s gulags or reeducation camps. Some experts were skeptical about the report of Jang’s dismissal and noted that South Korea’s spy agency has a spotty track record in its assessments of the North. Former U.S. assistant secretary of state Kurt Campbell has called North Korea a “black box” that is “probably the hardest target we face in the global arena.”
Posted on: Tue, 03 Dec 2013 20:04:08 +0000

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