Kim Jong Un ceases to be Supreme Leader of North Korea by December 31, 2026.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 3% by 1 Jan 2027. The market says 4%. Full reasoning from every model.

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3% — the median of 5 frontier models, resolving by 2027-01-01.

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Gemini (Google): 1% — Kim Jong Un retains totalitarian control with no succession crisis or imminent threat to his rule over this two-month window. A two-month horizon leaves virtually zero time for a domestic coup or regime collapse given the Kim dynasty's iron grip on power. Sudden health failure is the only realistic vector, but baseline actuarial mortality for an active 42-year-old leader is well under 1%. Confirmed hospitalization or an emergency Workers' Party plenary regarding succession would rapidly shift these odds.

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Claude (Anthropic): 3% — Kim's grip on power is stable; only death, coup, or severe illness within ~14 months could trigger Yes. No credible succession crisis or health signals currently reported as of late 2026. Base rate for sudden leadership change in authoritarian dynastic regimes over a ~14-month window is low, roughly 2-5%. A sudden health event or internal coup is the main wildcard that would flip this outcome.

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GPT (OpenAI): 3% — It turns on an abrupt death, incapacitation, or elite coup in a regime built to prevent all three from becoming public transitions. Pyongyang’s security apparatus and hereditary succession structure make voluntary departure or removal exceptionally rare. Only about 67 days remain; Kim has retained power since 2011 despite health rumors and repeated succession speculation. Credible evidence of grave illness, prolonged disappearance, or an announced successor would sharply raise the odds.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 3% — Kim has survived 14 years; nothing in the next 67 days suggests an imminent, verifiable exit. No succession mechanism exists in the Workers' Party charter; removal requires a Politburo or Central Committee move that has never occurred against a sitting Kim. Base rate for sudden leader exits in personalist regimes is roughly 2-4% per year; 67 days scales that to well under 1% absent a visible trigger. The one thing that would change my mind is credible reporting of a coup, incapacitation, or a formal Supreme People's Assembly announcement before Dec 31.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 3% — Two months is too short a window for any plausible removal mechanism to materialize absent a sudden health event. Kim Jong Un is ~42 with known cardiovascular risk factors, but 2-month mortality for that age is well under 1% even elevated. No credible coup signals, no succession planning visible, and the Kim dynasty has never lost power except through death. Only a sudden incapacitating medical event moves this materially; base rate of that in 67 days remains very low.

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