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Internal Rivalry A Key Risk To Regime

July 2010 | Political Risk Analysis

BMI View: We believe that internal rivalry among North Korea's key power-holders and their organisations will increase over the next few years, as they jockey for influence in preparation for the post-Kim Jong Il era, and that this could prove destabilising. Nonetheless, we still believe that a military-dominated collective leadership is the likeliest outcome after Kim dies.

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