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Prospects for North Korea in 2018

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: PROSPECTS 2018
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: North Korea AP China South Korea United States PROSPECTS 2018

Topical: international relations defence foreign policy military nuclear weapons party security economy growth
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2017), "Prospects for North Korea in 2018", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB225711

Friday, November 10, 2017

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Prospects for North Korea in 2018.

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2018 will be Kim Jong-un’s seventh year as supreme leader, a role he inherited on the death of his father Kim Jong-il in December 2011. Turning 34 in January, he has consolidated power and has no known rivals, but he faces grave challenges of his own making: how far and fast to push ahead with nuclear weapons and ballistic missile testing in the face of US threats.

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