Small Wars Journal

06/15/2020 Special News & Commentary – DPRK Succession

Mon, 06/15/2020 - 11:09am

News & commentary by Dave Maxwell. Edited and published by Daniel Riggs.

The two articles below warrant special consideration in addition to my normal dispatches.  This is very important analysis from Dr. Tara O and Bradley Martin. Dr. O caught the reference to the "party center" and she makes some very important points.  Kim Yo-jong certainly appears to have been given multiple levers of party power.

 

North Korea Uses "Center of Party," a Term for an Heir, Perhaps for Kim Yo-jong - East Asia Research Center

eastasiaresearch.org · June 14, 2020

 

Is Kim Jong Un's sister next in line in North Korea?

asiatimes.com · by Bradley K. Martin · June 15, 2020

 

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