https://www.scmp.com/rss/322428/feed Elizabeth Shim is a reporter with United Press International, and is an alumnus of the US-Korea NextGen Scholars Programme, an initiative of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies Korea Chair in Washington and the University of Southern California’s Korean Studies Institute. She is a graduate of New York University, where she was a departmental fellow at the Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com When North Korea staged its massive military parade on April 15 to mark the 105th anniversary of the birth of founder Kim Il-sung, the spectacle was broadcast on state television network KCTV, so ordinary North Koreans could tune in and see for themselves the military might of the Kim Jong-un regime. The regime is hiding deeply entrenched vulnerabilities under a torrent of simulations In the days that followed, analysts warned of rapid advancements being made in Pyongyang’s weapons programme,... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2090482/how-north-korean-missiles-are-helping-mask-kim-jong-uns?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/2090482/how-north-korean-missiles-are-helping-mask-kim-jong-uns?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 26 Apr 2017 03:07:55 +0000 Among the many snippets of advice North Korean leader Kim Jong-il gave to his people was to wrap themselves in mystery, so their enemies could never quite figure them out. By enemies, Kim meant all foreigners, who continue to be baffled by a regime that has since passed over to hereditary successor Kim Jong-un. In 2016, as North Korea steps up provocations with a nuclear test, a rocket launch and threats to turn the South Korean capital into “powder”, Kim’s philosophy of mystique explains... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1934005/ordinary-north-koreans-are-true-audience-pyongyangs-nuclear?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1934005/ordinary-north-koreans-are-true-audience-pyongyangs-nuclear?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 06 Apr 2016 09:24:36 +0000