Central Committee
Mass Rally in Pyongyang
On 30 May 2010 KCTV broadcast a mass rally held on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, and ostensibly organized as a popular reaction to Cheonan-based tensions on the Korean Peninsula. 100,000 Pyongyang citizens mobilized […]
VMAR Kim Il Chol Retires
NDC Member, KWP CMC and CC member, and Senior Vice Minister of the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, is retiring. Yonhap’s Sam Kim reports on KCNA’s announcement, citing a KCNA […]
What has KJI done to his house? (One of them any way. . .)
Curtis Melvin notes that Google Earth has updated some of its Pyongyang imagery. Looking around the Central Party complex, it seems Kim Jong Il is having one of the two residences near his main office […]
Jang's Role in KJI China Trip
Chosun Ilbo reports on the appearance of Jang Song Taek in China. Mr. Jang is KJI’s brother-in-law, a member of the National Defense Commission, director of the KWP Administration Department and, generally speaking anyway, the […]
KJI China Visit: The Canonical Version
Kim Ji-hyun writes in Korea Herald that Chinese officials have briefed their South Korean counterparts about KJI’s recently completed trip to China: “The Chinese side explained in sincerity the background of Chairman Kim’s visit, what […]
KJI Goes to Tianjin
Yonhap reports that Kim Jong Il stopped over in the port city of Tianjin on his way to Beijing: Kim last visited Tianjin in 2004. In February this year, a senior North Korean ruling party […]
KJI's First Day in China
Yonhap reports on KJI’s departure from Dalian to Beijing: Members of Kim’s delegation checked out of their hotel in the port city of Dailan, where they spent their first night in China. It was not […]
