The Juche nation : beloved leaders, brilliant thoughts, power cuts and empty shelves. A normal day in Pyongyang ; The Juche state : political theory in North Korea ; The revolutionary dynasty : leadership in North Korea -- The economics of North Korea : Chollima, speed battles, collapse and famine. Economics Pyongyang style : command and control ; The worst of times : food, famine, and the arduous march ; The start of a sort of reform : change and regime survival ; The reality of reform : a case study of Sinuiju Diplomacy and military : foreign relations, nuclear crisis and self-defence. Don't poke the snake : US-DPRK relations ; Nuclear ambitions revealed : bluster, brinkmanship or battle? ; 'Military first' emerges -- Change, collapse, and reunification. One Korea : the dream of reunification ; Kim3 : the dynasty continues ; How will the story end? -- Still the world's most dangerous tripwire.