Photos show the privileged lives of North Korea’s new elite - VICE
Nov 16, 2016 · When Christian Petersen-Clausen visited North Korea last year, he was struck by how few people had cellphones. In a world where it seems virtually everyone is now connected by mobile...
North Korean elite Storm Corps reduced to cannon fodder: sources
Nov 9, 2024 · Kim deployed roughly 12,000 elite North Korean soldiers to the Russia-Ukraine battlefield – known as the meat grinder for its huge number of casualties, particularly on the Russian side – last...
How North Korea's Elite Soldiers Could Change Ukraine War
Nov 1, 2024 · Ukrainian, South Korean and Western intelligence have said in recent weeks that North Korea was sending between 10,000 and 12,000 soldiers to Russia to bolster Moscow's war effort against Kyiv.
Kim Jong Un's Rule Leads to Biggest Surge in North Korean Elite ...
Aug 22, 2024 · The number of people from North Korea's "elite" who have defected to the South on Kim Jong Un's watch is more than double the amount who defected under his father, former Supreme Leader Kim...
Songbun - Wikipedia
Songbun remains important to members of the government elite, but for the majority of North Koreans, wealth has become more important than songbun when defining one's place in society. [ 15 ] A prominent example of songbun involves Ko Yong-hui , …
Lifestyles of the loyalists: How North Korea’s upper classes live
Dec 30, 2016 · When the international media writes about North Korea, it habitually claims that the country is “run by a hereditary elite, who enjoy a life of privileges and luxury”. Well, to an extent, this statement is correct: few people would doubt that the North Korean elite is hereditary, and social mobility in the country is close to zero.
High-Ranking North Korean Defectors: A Sign of Cracks in Kim …
Aug 2, 2024 · This trend may signal growing skepticism among North Korea’s elite, potentially undermining the foundation of Kim Jong Un’s regime.
Kim Jong-un's Inner Circle - Centre for International Governance Innovation
Sep 28, 2018 · The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) — better known as North Korea — is run by an extremely narrow elite. Within a country of 25 million, perhaps two or three thousand people connected to the Kim family ruling dynasty actually make policy decisions.
Exclusive: Elite defections surge 2.5 times under Kim Jong-un
Aug 22, 2024 · Surge in elite defectors from North Korea during Kim Jong-un regime In North Korea, high-ranking officials in the party, government, military, as well as diplomats and overseas representatives, make up the core elite supporting the regime.
South Korea says number of North Korean defectors nearly triples …
Jan 19, 2024 · While millions of North Koreans live in impoverished conditions under the dynastic dictatorship of leader Kim Jong Un, the country’s wealthy elite, such as senior government officials and their...