... immured it from the rest of the world, whereas the more modern, emerging- market systems have benefited from their integration and interdepen-dence. By its very nature, the North Korean system suppresses ... fundamental changes in the nature of the North Korean system, rather than on either regime change or leader-ship change. Some of these reasons relate to sensitivities associated with the terms regime ... military attributes all stem from the military establish-ment’s absolute preeminence in the system, which distorts both the xiv Modernizing the North Korean System: Objectives, Method, and Applicationeconomic...