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The Ghost of the Morningstar General Haunts the New Year
Daily NK put 2009 to bed with a report on a new paper by the venerable Jeong Sung-jang. Jeong Sung-jang predicts that 2010 will see an official announcement of Kim Jong-un’s succession after a meeting […]
Guidance Train: Here, There and Everywhere
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was at the Paekhwawon State Guest House for a meeting with PRC Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie on 25 November) Kim Jong-il made a rather hasty retreat from Pyongyang […]
Revaluation's Fall Guy
He doesn’t look much like Lee Majors, but DPRK Premier Kim Yong-il is identified by Choson Ilbo as taking the hit for the currency revaluation. 2009 has been a banner year for Premier Kim who […]
The Guidance Train Over the River and Through the Woods
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was around 9 November when he attended a concert given by a music troupe of the Ministry of Public Security) Kim Jong-il laid low following the naval skirmish on […]
Kim Ok out of Kim Jong-il Secretariat, Out of his Home
JoongAng Daily has a highly fascinating report about Kim Ok. Ms. Kim was featured in my posting about the ladies around General-Secretary Kim. According to JAD‘s sources in ROK intelligence, Ms. Kim is no longer […]
Guidance at the KPA Cattle Farm
Kim Jong-il has emerged from his recent hiatus and conducted a guidance tour of the KPA-run cattle farm Unit 580. I shall hold off doing a full posting until we see where the guidance train […]
The Women around Kim Jong-il
(n.b. This will be the first in a series of occasional postings about the people and personalities close to Kim Jong-il. Some of this will relate to succession issues or to the broader dynamics of […]
