DESIGNING THE FOUNDATIONAL ARCHITECHURE FOR
A POST-KIM NORTH KOREA

Blueprints

Who Owns What After the Kim Regime?

North Korea’s post-Kim transition requires stabilizing possession rather than rushing privatization—protecting household assets, managing productive enterprises, and reviewing regime-controlled property to gradually build credible property rights and a functioning market economy.

6 days ago

Stabilizing Money and Finance in Post-Kim North Korea

Stabilizing money will be a central challenge in any post-Kim transition, requiring the immediate prevention of financial panic, the reconstruction of basic financial institutions, and the gradual restoration of confidence in the national currency.

Mar 13

From Command to Market: Rebuilding North Korea’s Post-Kim Economy

A successful post-Kim economic transition will depend not on rapid liberalization but on a carefully sequenced process that first stabilizes the collapsed command system, then gradually expands market activity, and finally implements structural market reforms.

Mar 11

Governing a Collapsed Economy After Kim

The immediate economic task after regime collapse will not be reform but governing a collapsed system during the first 90 days—stabilizing supply networks, markets, and monetary circulation under a United Nations–led framework combining domestic administrative continuity with international oversight.

Mar 9

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News & Commentary

North Korea Strongly Condemns Japan’s Plan to Deploy Long-Range Missiles

North Korea strongly condemned Japan’s missile deployment, but Pyongyang’s harsh reaction reflects deeper concerns about Japan’s expanding military power that could constrain its strategic options in the region.

Mar 13

U.S. Defense Secretary Says Iran Operation Will Send ‘Plenty of Signals’ Amid North Korea Criticism

Hegseth’s remarks signal that Washington is prepared to confront nuclear threats with decisive force if negotiations fail, a message that could increase pressure on North Korea and raise doubts among its elite about whether nuclear weapons truly guarantee regime survival.

Mar 5

North Korea Opens Once-in-Five-Years Party Congress, Touts Economic Progress

North Korea opened its once-every-five-years party congress touting economic progress, but persistent sanctions, structural stagnation, and early succession signaling will likely deepen elite uncertainty and strain internal cohesion.

Feb 20

South Korea’s Top General Warns: North Korean Provocations Likely to Intensify

A warning from South Korea’s top general reflects a deeper reality: as the Kim regime faces mounting internal strain and ideological erosion, provoking the South has become an indispensable, last-resort strategy for regime survival.

Feb 6

U.N. Command Strongly Opposes South Korea’s DMZ Access Bill

South Korea’s proposed DMZ law triggered strong opposition from the U.N. Command, raising risks of armistice disputes, alliance friction, and potential exploitation by the Kim regime under the banner of peace.

Jan 30

North Korea’s Maduro Lectures Backfire, Underscoring U.S. Power

North Koreans expressed amazement at American power after learning of the U.S. arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in internal lectures, signaling the incident could have an outsized psychological impact—especially on Pyongyang’s political class.

Jan 22

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