POLITICS● ELEVATEDJul 13 · Jul 13, 2026, 5:19 AM
North Korea’s Kim fires warning shot at own military with corruption purge
South China Morning Post
North Korea rarely airs its dirty laundry in public, but Kim Jong-un’s latest purge of a senior military official was staged for maximum visibility – a warning, analysts say, to generals growing too comfortable with their expanding economic power that they answer to him alone. “Kim is effectively telling military and party leaders: ‘Don’t even think about it. You are under round-the-clock surveillance,’” said Yang Moo-jin, a professor at the University of North Korean Studies. On Friday, Kim...
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