DPRK External Relations
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 […]
State Dept. on NK Narcotics
The US State Department has released its 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. While the DPRK seems to do a fair trade in bootleg cigarettes in Rason and currency counterfeiting: No confirmed instances of large-scale […]
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 […]
And then there were four
In the week following KJI’s birthday, things were looking lively in the DPRK neighborhood. US Special Envoy Stephen Bosworth has been puddle jumping between Beijing, Seoul and Tokyo, with different interpretations as to whether the […]
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 […]
South of the Border
Yet again, the presence of an active Department Director at the KWP International Department in the person of Kim Yong-il is making itself known. The DPRK has appointed a new Ambassador to Mexico. The DPRK […]
