@article{MA9768D6F,
title = "The Monarchical Model of North Korea and Its Implications",
journal = "Academia Koreana",
year = "2025",
issn = "1520-7412",
doi = "10.18399/acta.2025.28.1.006",
author = "BR MYERS",
keywords = "North Korea, monarchy, Paektu dynasty, hereditary succession, Kim Jong Un",
abstract = "Even after two hereditary successions of power and what would appear to be preparations for a third, the question of whether North Korea should be considered a monarchy is yet to be recognized as an important one. Taking both North Korean realities and relevant political-scientific discussions of the institution of monarchy into account, this paper argues that North Korea should indeed be considered a monarchy. The monarchical model, if properly understood, may afford insight into the stability and longevity of the regime, suggest a different approach to nuclear negotiations, and produce less alarming assessments of the risk of conflict than those currently informed by the perception of a conventional personalist dictatorship."
}