Washington Times

Now buried amongst the rubble that has been the year 2020 so far was the story that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un had died.

For three weeks in March and April, governments around the world speculated on the health and well-being of the head of a nuclear power. His sister, Kim Yo-jong, is said to have become his alter ego, his top aide. Would she take over if he died? Would the generals who run the Korea Workers Party, which runs North Korea, allow that?

If not her, then who? And what would that mean for the Hermit Kingdom’s relationship with the rest of the world?

These are not inconsequential questions for American policymakers, especially as appropriations legislation begins to make its way through the coronavirus-slowed Congress.

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