How Kim Jong Un Became 'The Great Successor'

After the death of Kim Jong Il, many experts thought the reign of his untried and inexperienced son would be short-lived. Washington Post Beijing bureau chief Anna Fifield says that almost eight years into Kim Jong Un’s tenure as North Korea’s “Supreme Leader,” it is clear that he knows how to maintain power. Fifield’s new book, “The Great Successor,” details Kim’s rise from a mediocre grade school student in Switzerland to a calculating dictator adept at removing rivals. Fifield joins Forum to talk about the book, and how life is changing for North Koreans.