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It’s quite true that the North Korean regime is secretive to the extreme. However, in the 42 years since I started as a Pyongyang watcher, I’ve found that the thinking of the ruling Kims and their minions is far from impenetrable. The basic lesson from those decades of close study is that this is a […]
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