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.

Weapons control and denuclearization in post-Kim North Korea must proceed in sequence—from immediate custodial control in the first hours, to phased and internationally anchored reduction within the first year, and ultimately to irreversible institutionalization within three years, securing a durable new security order.