With China’s position unchanged, and the Russian investigation being finalized this week, the United Nations Security Council has yet to reach a decision about penalizing the DPRK for its role in the sinking of the […]
With the deaths of Ri Je Gang and KPA Artillery Commander Col. Gen. Ri Jong Bu, eleven (11) members of North Korea’s leadership have either passed away, been replaced or disappeared from public life in […]
Yonhap reports that the DPRK has appointed Jo In Chol as its new ambassador to its close ally Iran. Jo In Chol was recently the country’s ambassador to Thailand and the Phillipines. SPA President Kim […]
Vanity Fair‘s website offers a short essay on Kim Jong Un’s alma mater. KJU’s few years studying in Switzerland have been the subject of previous media reports. This particular vignette is a weekly online column […]
The official reactions to the findings of the investigation into the sinking of the Cheonan continue. An executive summary of the official, international investigation can be read here. Yonhap provides a chronology of related events. […]
Sam Kim reports in for Yonhap on the arrival of Choe Pyong-gwan, the DPRK’s new ambassador to China. Mr. Choe is a former director of consular affairs at MOFA and a former ambassador to Laos. […]
Kim Song Gi, recently a diplo at the DPRK’s Beijing Embassy, is MOFA’s new vice minister. He was identified in his new position when he appeared at a welcoming event for the new Chinese Ambassador, […]