North KoreaKim Jong Un has led North Korea since late 2011 as supreme leader, general secretary of the Workers' Party and head of the State Affairs Commission. He combines nuclear weapons development with a state-directed economy and strict control over information.
In the 12 Axes register, Kim Jong Un leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is Democratic 68%.
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Where Kim Jong Un sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Extremely Centralized
Rules a highly centralised one-party state
Autocracy
Hereditary rule as supreme leader since 2011
Totalitarian
Maintains a surveillance and prison-camp system
Ultranationalist
Promotes Juche self-reliance and Korean nationalism
Militarist
Pursues nuclear weapons and missile testing
Monoculturalist
Promotes an ethnically unified Korean identity
Communist
State controls the planned economy
Planned Economy
Runs state plans with limited market tolerance
Isolationist
Keeps strict border and trade controls
Atheist
State ideology discourages religion
Traditionalist
Enforces campaigns against foreign cultural influence
Neutral
No distinct position on technology
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Kim Jong Un is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is Democratic 68%.
Acceleration – Bioconservative
On Acceleration – Bioconservative, Kim Jong Un is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.cidob.org
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The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
