I had a chance to watch North Korean TV during one of their meetings, Kim never said a word, he just sat there, while other speakers were going on. It made me question right there, if he was just a figurehead.
Kind of like Hirohito, when Tojo was really running the show, so the question is, who is the Nork’s “Tojo”?
I wonder if NKTojo is Korean, maybe Chicom? But it indeed looks like Kim is controlled.
Yes, he’s like an Emperor figurehead might be. Not calling the shots.
Adding a fact that may be relevant; PRC is very opposed to Korean reunification. It is likely they will do anything to stop it.
This is a good observation but I have somewhat of different analysis to why he does this; a lot of it is shifty pretense when in fact he yields immense power in the KWP power structure and over the military—from what we know. For his age, KJU has been showing considerable aggressiveness in his leadership and he started with that early on (he learned political terror and leadership as an understudy of his father, KJI, over a five year period or so), then moved on to execute his uncle (execution), his brother (assassination hit), and purged nearly 250 military and party officials from his father’s day and advanced more loyal people to the leadership of the core (and corps).