With the pandemic not yet tamed and other uncertainty on the international scene, Pyongyang may continue refraining from major provocations into 2022, but for how long is unclear.
- Christopher Green
- ICG
North Korea has just completed its annual review of its own performance at the fourth plenum of the Eighth Congress of the Workers’ Party, held from 27-31 December 2021.
What can we learn from this exercise about the state of the country?
Under Kim Jong-un, Pyongyang politics tick along on a system of five-year “congresses”, the…