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Kim Jong-nam Believes Brother Is Only A Figurehead and Regime Is Near Collapse

» by January 18th, 2012 at 6:16 am » Comments (4)

Via a Open Thread reader tip comes this news that Kim Jong-nam believes that his brother is only a figurehead and that the regime is near collapse: A new book claims ...more »

The Time Is Now For USFK To Prepare for Regime Collapse

» by December 20th, 2011 at 9:09 am » Comments (12)

David Maxwell a former US Special Forces Colonel with plenty of experience on the Korean peninsula has an article published over at Small Wars Journal in response to the recent ...more »

Can Kim Jong-il Be Overthrown Like Gadhafi?

» by October 27th, 2011 at 8:25 am » Comments (21)

Here is what noted North Korean refugee author and journalist Kang Chol-hwan has to say about the possibility of the North Korean people overthrowing their repressive regime: The North Korean regime ...more »

Post-Regime Collapse Plans for North Korea Taking Shape

» by May 17th, 2011 at 4:35 pm » Comments (5)

It is good to see planning for the eventuality continuing to take place, but I don't know if a provincial government in exile is really the best way of going ...more »

Lankov On Post-Reunification Revisionism In North Korea

» by May 10th, 2011 at 5:30 pm » Comments (11)

Andrei Lankov has an article posted in the Asia Times that outlines how after the fall of the Kim Jong-il regime that a revisionist history of the regime may eventually ...more »

South Korean Military Plans for Post-Collapse North Korea Propaganda War

» by March 30th, 2011 at 3:33 am » Comments (3)

It is good to see that the ROK military is seriously thinking about how to respond to a North Korea collapse, but it may be best that the North Korean ...more »

Lee Myung-bak Says Unification is Near On Korean Peninsula

» by December 13th, 2010 at 3:30 am » Comments (10)

Here is some interesting talk from South Korean President Lee Myung-bak: South Korea's president has declared that the reunification of Korea is drawing near — a surprising statement at a time ...more »

Is It Time to Prepare For A North Korean Collapse?

» by May 16th, 2010 at 5:22 am » Comments (0)

The is what Minxin Pei is recommending in this article in The Diplomat: What is most worrying about a possible North Korean collapse is that the key players in the region ...more »

Andrei Lankov Expects Violent End to North Korean Regime

» by May 11th, 2010 at 4:18 am » Comments (10)

Long time Korea expert Andrei Lankov is joining the growing chorus of people who believe the end may be near for the North Koreans: For the first time in years, international ...more »

International Crisis Group Warns of Instability In North Korea

» by March 17th, 2010 at 6:41 am » Comments (3)

I just have to wonder how much these think tanks get paid to publish information that anyone reading the ROK Drop would already know?: A host of mini crises from international ...more »

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