DPRK External Relations
KJI in China
NYT/IHT’s Choe Sang-hun reports on KJI’s arrival in Dalian: KBS television of South Korea broadcast what it said was footage of Mr. Kim at a hotel in Dalian, China, wearing his trademark khaki outfit and […]
KJI April 2010 Appearances
Kim Jong Il April 2010 Appearances Kim Jong Il was reported by KCNA to have made 15 public appearances in April 2010, of which eight (8) was his attendance at concerts, three (3) were inspections […]
Kim Jung Rin Dies
Kim Jung Rin’s Funeral and Burial Service 30 April 2010 (Friday) KWP Secretary of Workers’ Organizations Kim Jung Rin has passed away. Mr. Kim was 86 years old and had served as […]
KJI Visits KPA Unit Involved in Hwang Plot
Kim So-hyun reports in the Korea Herald that Kim Jong Il inspected the KPA unit that directed the failed assassination plot on NK defector Hwang Jang Yop and is widely believed in South Korea to […]
Kim Yong Nam to Visit Iran in Summer '10
Iran’s state news agency has announced that SPA President Kim Yong Nam will visit Iran in June or July this summer. “This high-ranking official is expected to visit in two or three months,” Iranian foreign […]
Necessary Nukes?
The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement saying that it will only manufacture “neccessary” nuclear weapons in exchange for recognition as a nuclear power. North Korea pledged Wednesday to limit its production of […]
NK Operatives Arrested in ROK for HJY Assassination Plot
Two men are being detained in Seoul Detention Center on charges of plotting to kill former KWP Secretary of Ideology, Hwang Jang Yop. HJY is the highest ranking DPRK official defect from the country. According […]
