DESIGNING THE FOUNDATIONAL ARCHITECHURE FOR
A POST-KIM NORTH KOREA

Blueprints

Rebuilding North Korea: A Blueprint for a Post-Kim Era

As the Kim regime approaches its final phase, this blueprint highlights six foundational domains of reconstruction to provide direction and groundwork for rebuilding a post-Kim North Korea.

Feb 8

From Control to Irreversibility: Weapons Control & Denuclearization in Post-Kim North Korea

Weapons control and denuclearization in post-Kim North Korea must proceed in sequence—from immediate custodial control in the first hours, to phased and internationally anchored reduction within the first year, and ultimately to irreversible institutionalization within three years, securing a durable new security order.

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The First 72 Hours: Security Stabilization After a Kim Regime Collapse

A sudden collapse of North Korea’s dynastic regime would create an immediate and potentially destabilizing power vacuum, making pre-planned, coordinated international stabilization within the first seventy-two hours essential to prevent fragmentation, nuclear risk, and wider regional crisis.

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A Three-Phase Constitutional Roadmap for Post-Kim North Korea

A phased constitutional roadmap—UN-mandated at the transition stage, North Korean-led in constitutional drafting, and jointly negotiated at unification—offers the most viable path to rebuilding post-Kim North Korea and preparing for reunification.

Feb 12

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News & Commentary

North Korea Opens Once-in-Five-Years Party Congress, Touts Economic Progress

North Korea opened its once-every-five-years party congress touting economic progress, but persistent sanctions, structural stagnation, and early succession signaling will likely deepen elite uncertainty and strain internal cohesion.

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South Korea’s Top General Warns: North Korean Provocations Likely to Intensify

A warning from South Korea’s top general reflects a deeper reality: as the Kim regime faces mounting internal strain and ideological erosion, provoking the South has become an indispensable, last-resort strategy for regime survival.

Feb 6

U.N. Command Strongly Opposes South Korea’s DMZ Access Bill

South Korea’s proposed DMZ law triggered strong opposition from the U.N. Command, raising risks of armistice disputes, alliance friction, and potential exploitation by the Kim regime under the banner of peace.

Jan 30

North Korea’s Maduro Lectures Backfire, Underscoring U.S. Power

North Koreans expressed amazement at American power after learning of the U.S. arrest of Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro in internal lectures, signaling the incident could have an outsized psychological impact—especially on Pyongyang’s political class.

Jan 22

S. Korean Progressive Groups Escalate Pressure to Suspend U.S.–ROK Military Drills

Calls by South Korean progressive groups to suspend U.S.–ROK military exercises reflect a coordinated domestic push—widely seen as aligned with Pyongyang’s strategy—to weaken the alliance under the constraints of U.S. pressure on Seoul.

Jan 20

North Korea’s Rapid Shake-Up of Kim Jong Un’s Top Security Chiefs

North Korea’s rapid replacement of Kim Jong Un’s top personal security chiefs signals rising fears of assassination and a deep erosion of loyalty within the regime’s elite amid mounting internal and external pressures. News Summary North Korea has replaced its top military officials responsible for guarding Kim Jong Un, according to South Korea’s unification ministry, with the changes observed during an October 2025 military parade. The replacement comes amid heightened con

Jan 14

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