Not much will change in North Korea without Kim Jong-un, say analysts


People bow before the statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang on April 15, 2020 - AFP

SEOUL (Bloomberg): Reports of a health scare for Kim Jong Un are prompting North Korea watchers to envision the country without him: And the general consensus is that not much may change in how the regime deals with the outside world.

While any sudden leadership change in a dictatorship as opaque as North Korea always has the potential for unintended consequences, the 36-year-old leader had consolidated power since taking over from his father in 2011.

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