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The Power Structure of Kim Jong-un Regime and Possibility of Opening-up

The Power Structure of Kim Jong-un Regime and Possibility of Opening-up

The Power Structure of Kim Jong-un Regime and Possibility of Opening-up

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The Power Structure of Kim Jong-un Regime and 
Possibility of Opening-up 
July 23, 2012 
LEE Sang-sook
Visiting Professor
 
On September 2010, during 
the third conference of 
Workers’ Party of Korea 
(WPK), North Korea 
unveiled a number of leadership 
changes. Then, at the 4th party 
conference held on April 11, 2012 and 
at the Fifth Session of the 12th 
Supreme People's Assembly held on 
April 13, 2012, Kim Jong-un regime 
had been established. As the new 
leader is gearing up to implement 
long-overdue economic reforms, the 
international community’s expectations
are rising as to whether the North is 
ready to open up to the outside world.
North Korean cabinet had created a 
special bureau to take control of the 
decaying economy which No Du-chul 
is known to lead. As such, this paper 
will examine the new Kim Jong-un 
regime power structure and the 
possibility of reform and open up of 
economy. 
Accordingly, the Korean 
government must systematically 
analyze the North’s internal power 
structure that is constantly changing. 
It must especially pay attention to the 
change in military and political elites 
and notice changes in the earlier 
stages to come up with effective 
countermeasures. Also, South Korea can conduct multi
-layered talks with 
the members, in order to counter the 
critique that the six party talks are 
becoming useless. IFANS 20
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Possibility of Opening-up

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