DPRK External Relations
Ri Chol's Last Minute Business
Despite reports that he is leaving his concurrent positions as DPRK Ambassador to Switzerland and the UN Mission in Geneva, Ri Chol still has official business to attend to. Yonhap reports that Ambassador Ri appeared […]
Yonhap on KJI China Trip & Premier Kim Yong-il meets new PRC Ambassador
Yonhap has decided to get in on the KJI China trip action. Citing an anonymous source and consulting some VIP calendars, Yonhap reports that Kim Jong-il may visit China later this month. North Korean leader […]
ICG Study on NK Under UN Sanctions
The International Crisis Group has published a study as an Update Briefing under the title North Korea Under Tightening Sanctions. The study suggests that the recent UN sanctions, currency redenomination and the unfolding succession campaign […]
NK May Rejoin 6PT in the Cruelest Month
JoongAng Daily citing an unnamed Beijing-based DPRK official reports that the DPRK will return to the Six Party Talks in early April: While recently meeting with a reporter, this official stated “North Korea having decided […]
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. […]
Ri Chol to Leave as UN & CH Diplorep
Yonhap, citing a source in Berne and general diplo gossip, reports that Ri Chol is leaving his posts. He is concurrently the DPRK’s Ambassador to Switzerland and to the UN Mission in Geneva. While Ambassador […]
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 […]
