Becoming Kim Jong Un is a book by author Jung H. Pak.
When Kim Jong Un became the leader of North Korea following the death of his father in 2011, predictions of his impending demise were rife. North Korea is isolated, poor, unable to feed its people and clinging to its nuclear program for the sake of legitimacy. Surely this 20-year-old with weird hair and no leadership experience will soon be usurped by the elders. Instead, the opposite happened. Now in his 30s, Kim Jong Un has firmly cemented his grip on his country and brought the United States and the region to the brink of war. However, we know too little about him – or how he rules.

Playing former CIA analyst Jung Pak, whose brilliant Brookings Institution essay “Education of Kim Jong Un” cemented her status as the authority on the calculating young leader. From the early days of Kim’s rule, Pak has been at the forefront of shaping US policy towards North Korea and providing strategic assessments to leaders at the highest levels of government. Now, in this wonderful book, she follows and explains Kim’s ascent on the world stage, from his brutal power-consolidation purges to his sudden pivot to commitment. diplomacy led to his historic – and still poorly understood – summit with President Trump. She also sheds light on how a leading intelligence analyst assesses thorny national security issues: avoiding bias, questioning assumptions, and identifying risks and opportunities.

• Becoming Kim Jong Un

• A Former CIA Officer’s Insights into North Korea’s Enigmatic Young Dictator
• By: Jung H. Pak

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