Kim Jong Il and the CIA's 2002 Expiration Date
Intelligence analysts once bet the North Korean regime would vanish within five years, but the tactical plans for the ensuing chaos remained blacked out for decades.
By Roy Castellano ·
Korean Peninsula
Kim Il Sung pivoted from forceful liberation to 100,000-man troop cap
East Berlin analysts watched Kim Il Sung shift from calls to forcefully liberate the south to a proposal for reducing armed forces to 100,000 men.
By Vera Kessler ·
North Korea Infiltrates South as Prague Student Burns to Death
Armed agents probed for vulnerabilities in the South, risking a clash involving two US combat divisions, while Israeli ministers fought over who would succeed Eshkol.
By Vera Kessler ·