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The teen girl tapped to rule North Korea next
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The teen girl tapped to rule North Korea next

Kim Jong Un is preparing his daughter Kim Ju Ae, reportedly around 12 years old, as a potential successor, something that would break every precedent in the Kim dynasty's 80-year history.

North Korea: The cult that outlasted Stalin and Mao
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North Korea: The cult that outlasted Stalin and Mao

Wall Street Journal Beijing bureau chief Jonathan Cheng argues that North Korea is best understood not as a nation state but as a religious society, built on the most durable personality cult in modern history.

Kim Jong Un's winning nuclear bet
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

Kim Jong Un's winning nuclear bet

The Kim dynasty has outlasted every threat for 80 years. Wall Street Journal's Jonathan Cheng explains how, and why the Iran war just made Kim Jong Un seem untouchable.

Kim Jong Un smiles alongside one of his generals
GZERO World with Ian Bremmer Podcast

North Korea's nuclear gamble pays off, with the WSJ's Jonathan Cheng

North Korea's nuclear bet paid off
Ian Explains

North Korea's nuclear bet paid off

The Iran war just proved Kim Jong Un right. His grandfather wanted the bomb, his father built it, and now the world has stopped pretending it can take it away. Ian Bremmer explains how North Korea got here, and what comes next.

​A man removes a sheet from a wall with shrapnel holes at the site of a drone attack on a birthday party, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on October 4, 2025.
Hard Numbers

Haiti turns to drones to hit gangs, Chinese exports surge, Volkswagen to cut jobs, China-North Korea railway to restart

Are we entering a new era of nuclear weapons testing?
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Are we entering a new era of nuclear weapons testing?

Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt asks whether the world is sliding back into the dangerous era of open nuclear weapons testing, and it all started with a misunderstanding by US President Donald Trump.

​US President Donald Trump shakes hands with Vietnam's Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 26, 2025.
Analysis

Trump’s Asian trade blitz sets up sitdown with Xi

The US president signed a raft of trade deals on Sunday at the ASEAN summit in Malaysia, but the main event of his Asia trip will be his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday.

​Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia, on September 4, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: Putin’s threat against foreign troops, Thailand has another new PM, Report emerges of failed US mission in North Korea

​South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and his wife, Kim Hye Kyung, at Tokyo's Haneda airport on Aug. 24, 2025.
What We're Watching

What We’re Watching: South Korea’s Lee to meet Trump, Israel offers withdrawal for Hezbollah disarmament, Maryland man now headed to Uganda