Kim Jong Un’s Regime Baffles World With Contradictory Signals
- Erratic behavior fuels speculation about North Korean leader
- Kim faces mounting domestic crises from sanctions to floods
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What’s going on with Kim Jong Un? Is he sick? Worried about Covid-19? Consumed by an economic crisis? Battling internal threats?
Perhaps the North Korean leader is biding his time until the U.S. presidential election? Or maybe he’s playing the same game of threats, reconciliation and retreat that has kept his family in charge of the secretive state since the 1940s?