DPRK-China Relations
Setting Up the Mosquito Nets in Rason & KJI China Trip
Choson Ilbo, citing an anonymous source, reports that former Minister of Foreign Trade Rim Kyong-man is now the leading official in Rason, the one responsible for drawing the mosquito net around the Special Administrative Region. […]
More KJI China Trip Scuttlebutt
Mainichi Shimbun reports of an alleged Kim Jong-il trip to China. Citing an anonymous “diplomatic official in Beijing” the recent delegation led by KWP International Department Director Kim Yong-il is an advance team for a […]
KJI's Interpreter
Choson Ilbo has a profile on the man who shadows Kim Jong-il at his meetings with the Chinese. Citing a weekly Hong Kong newspaper, CI identifies KJI’s interpreter as Kim Song-nam, a China specialist at […]
Circumstantial 6PT Return
Yonhap’s Hwang Doo-hyong reports of a possible DPRK return to the Six Party Talks in March or April: North Korea will likely come back to the six-party talks on its nuclear programs within a matter […]
Another Straw in the Wind of a KJI China Trip
February is winding down without Kim Jong-il having visited China. However, Korea Times citing MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) reports that KJI may travel there in March. KT cites the presence this week of KWP International […]
Hu Jintao meets KWP Official & Sino Morningstar Protest
POST SCRIPT Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, denies Asahi Shimbun‘s story or that Kim Jong-un ever visited China: “China expects North Korea to pursue the development path appropriate to its national […]
Mr. Jang and Ms. Kim Go Global
North Korea’s recent interactions with Russia and China did not interrupt the rising profile of Jang Song-thaek and Kim Kyong-hui. The performance of Evgeni Onegin with Russia’s Ambassador to the DPRK was the first event […]
