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If Kim Jong Un Is Dying, Who Will Inherit the Hermit Kingdom?

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If Kim Jong Un Is Dying, Who Will Inherit the Hermit Kingdom?
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches a missile test in North Korea on July 25, 2019. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP
Steven W. Mosher
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Multiple media outlets have claimed that North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un lies comatose from a botched heart procedure, although President Donald Trump on April 27 seemed to suggest that he was fine—or soon would be.
Steven W. Mosher
Steven W. Mosher
Author
Steven W. Mosher is the president of the Population Research Institute and the author of “Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream is the New Threat to World Order.” A former National Science Foundation fellow, he studied human biology at Stanford University under famed geneticist Luigi Cavalli-Sforza. He holds advanced degrees in Biological Oceanography, East Asian Studies, and Cultural Anthropology. One of America’s leading China watchers, he was selected in 1979 by the National Science Foundation to be the first American social scientist to do field research in China.
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