DPRK External Relations
Mun Kyong Dok and KWP Provincial Secretaries Visit China
Mun Kyong Dok, Chief Secretary of the Pyongyang KWP City Committee and a central party (CC KWP Secretariat) secretary led a delegation of party provincial and city committee secretaries on a trip to Beijing that […]
Another Hwang Plot
ROK authorities have arrested another man accused of posing as a defector to gain entry into ROK to assassinate Hwang Jang Yop. Hwang was the most senior DPRK official to defect to the ROK. He […]
PRC Defense Minister Meets with MPAF Delegation
The PRC Defense Minister and The PRC Vice Chief of the PLA General Staff met with a KPA delegation in Beijing on 14 October. The KPA delegation was lead by Colonel-General Pyon In Son, who […]
PRC to Send Kim Jong Suk Statue to DPRK
The China Waxwork Museum for Great Figures has agreed to construct a life-sized wax effigy of Kim Jong Suk. Kim Jong Suk was Kim Il Sung’s first wife and the mother of Kim Jong Il […]
DPRK Expresses Pledge to Rejoin Six Party Talks
The DPRK has expressed its willingness to return to the Six Party Talks. The country made the announcement following a trip to Beijing last week by DPRK Senior Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kim Kye […]
Parsing Jong Nam’s Remarks
Following Kim Jong Nam’s recent interview with Asahi TV, Chosun Ilbo offers some interpretation of his comments. Jong Nam told Asahi that he was personally opposed to a hereditary succession, but […]
KJI Meets with PRC Delegation
Kim Jong Il met with and hosted a lunch party for PRC senior party official, Zhou Yongkang, and a PRC delegation. Zhou arrived in Pyongyang late last week with his delegation, to attend […]
