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‘Massive purge’ less likely to follow—ROK expert
Though experts divide on what will follow Jang Song Thaek’s demise, one thing seems to be sure among them: “a massive, bloody purging of Jang Song Thaek’s people,” as Sunny Lee suggests. For such a tightly closed, exclusive country, we can’t never be sure of anything about it and a contrarian is whom we should listen…
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장성택 숙청을 바라보는 전문가들의 시선
“북한을 30년간 관찰해왔지만 이는 매우 드문 일이다.” 스탠포드 대학의 한국학 프로그램 소장(director)인 데이빗 스트라우브David Straub는 NK News와의 인터뷰에서 장성택의 공개적인 숙청 및 처형 사실 공표에 대해 이렇게 말했다. 일순간 공식석상에서 모습을 감추고 한참 후에서야 관련 사실이 알려지던 과거의 경우와는 달리, 이번 장성택의 숙청은 오랫동안 북한을 연구해 온 전문가들을 당황시킬 정도로 공개적이고 노골적인 방식으로 이루어졌다. 종편…
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Jang Song Thaek officially purged
What Jang’s dismissal means to NK leadership While some analysts claim that the dismissal marks the hard-liners’ predominance over the moderates, I suggest this is one of general steps, the way it was meant to be, of generation transition in the NK leadership. The old has to leave the stage one day after all. At…
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The NIS report on Jang Song Thaek purge—my take
I was asked what my thoughts are on the controversial NIS report on Jang Song Thaek’s purge. It is yet beyond verification whether Jang was actually purged or not and there were reports which brought up that Jang may already have lost his influence in early this year. I’d like to focus on the NIS…
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