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Week VII:
February 19th and 21st
The Third Succession
Tuesday:
February 19th
The Selection and Succession of Kim Jong Un
Thursday, February 21st
The Kim Jong Un Purges
Readings:
- Gause, House of Cards, Section One: pp20-99
- T'ae Yongho, T'ae Yongho's Testimony, chapter 6 pp 14-22 (available on course website)
- Cheehyung Kim, "Total, Thus Broken: Chuch'e Sasang and North Korea's Terrain of Subjectivity," Journal of Korean Studies Vol 17, No 1 pp 69-96 (find electronic journal on UW library sote)
Study Questions:
- Does Gause consider Kim Jong-un's power consolidated? If so how did it become consolidated?
- What does Gause say are the reasons for Jang Song-thaek's purge?
- Does T'ae Yongho's analysis of Jang Song Thaek's purge agree with Gause's?
- What does Gause consider North Korea's leadership dynamics?
- Does Lankov's picture of Kim Jong-un's regime agree with Gause's?
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