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Succession Without a Successor: Kim Ju Ae as a Legitimacy Asset

In this model, Kim Ju Ae functions less as a trainee for rule than as a reserve source of legitimacy. Even if the leadership ...

North Korea’s Kim says upcoming party congress will unveil plans to bolster nuclear deterrent

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un says his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming ...

North Korea's Kim announces major construction projects as party congress nears

SEOUL, Jan 30 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un set a goal to carry out large-scale construction projects this year ...

North Korea's Kim: party congress to unveil plans for nuclear-war deterrent, KCNA says

SEOUL, Jan 28 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the upcoming congress of the ruling Workers' Party will unveil ...