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KJU Does Beijing (A Good Year for the Roses)
KJU’s last observed appearance was his return from Singapore on June 13 Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) and his wife Ri Sol Ju (Ri So’l-chu) visited China during June 19 (Tuesday) and June 20 (Wednesday). […]
Choe Son Hui Issues Statement on Forthcoming US-DPRK Summit
DPRK Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choe Son Hui (Ch’oe Son-hu’i) issued a statement on DPRK-US relations, ahead of the not-canceled-yet US-DPRK summit. Madame Choe also lambasted recent media comments of senior US Government officials. […]
KJU Meets with Song Tao
KJU’s last observed appearance was his attendance at a meeting of the WPK Political Bureau on April 9 Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) met with Communist Party of China International Liaison Department Director Song […]
Ri Su Yong Meets Song Tao
Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Vice Chairman and WPK International Affairs Department [IAD] Director Ri Su Yong (Ri Su-yo’ng) met with Song Tao, Director of the Communist Party of China [CPC] International Liaison Department Director […]
Kim Jong Un Resurfaces
When a train crossed the DPRK-PRC border on 26 May, the occupant was said to be Kim Cho’ng-u’n. Pyongyang watchers widely anticipated the hereditary successor’s sojourn to the PRC in 2011, similar to Kim Cho’ng-il’s […]
New DPRK Ambassador to Czech Republic
Ri Kwang Il has been appointed the DPRK’s new ambassador to the Czech Republic. Ri previously served as a deputy director of the DPRK Institute for Disarmament and Peace. He replaces Ri Pyo’ng-kap (Ri Pyong […]
Kim Jong Il Visits and Departs Beijing
Kim Cho’ng-il met with PRC President, Hu Jintao, during a brief stop in Beijing which also included a factory tour. During his meeting with Hu, Kim Cho’ng-il advocated for the resumption of the Six-Party Talks […]
