Pressure on all citizens to supply fertilizer creates a clandestine trade
Fertilizer has recently become a significant commodity in North Korea. Sources reached in the northern provinces bordering on China say that the official setting of...
Unusually, no mention of South Korea or the U.S. in Kim Jong-un’s new year address
In a major departure for a new year address, Kim Jong-un made not a single reference this time to South Korea or the United States....
Will Kim Ju-ae be anointed as the successor this year?
When Kim Jong-un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on New Year’s Day with his wife and daughter to pay his respects to his...
Kim Jong-un: What kind of leader is he really?
Until now, in writing about Kim Jong-un, I have focused on his humanity or lack of it. For example, I’ve noted what we all know,...