A ‘Miraculous Transformation’: How Kim Jong-un Fortified North Korea

A ‘Miraculous Transformation’: How Kim Jong-un Fortified North Korea: He used the pandemic to ruthlessly tighten his grip on the country. Then he energized its economy by leveraging Russia’s war in Ukraine. By Choe Sang-Hun (Choe Sang-Hun, who has covered North Korea for three decades, reported from Seoul.) During the pandemic, the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who had long billed himself as invincible,