Guidance Tours
Guidance: North by Northeast
En coda Kim Jong-il visited the Songjin Iron and Steel Complex in the city of Kim Chaek, possibly on Friday (the North Korean press is not putting dates on these activities). General-Secretary Kim praised the […]
156 Kim Jong-il Public Appearances in 2009 (So far. . .)
Yonhap reports that in 2009 Kim Jong-il has made 156 public appearances–which is to say guidance and inspection tours, meetings with foreign dignitaries and attending concerts. This information is based on a report from the […]
KJI Does Rason
KCNA reports that Kim Jong-il conducted a guidance tour of Rason. This is General-Secretary Kim’s first known guidance tour of the Rason area. Rason is a portmanteau of North Hamgyong’s Rajin City and Sonbong County, […]
The Money Never Runs Out Guidance Tour
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last public appearance was a visit to the Taedonggang Combined Fruit Farm in Pyongyang) Even if US Special Representative (and Dean of the Tufts Fletcher School) Stephen Bosworth requested a meeting with […]
What is Kim Jong-il's obsession with swimming?
Kim Jong-il ended this work week an inspection tour of the swimming complex at Kim Il-sung University. This marked the third time General-Secretary Kim has visited the KISU pool facilities which were completed (“newly built” […]
Guidance Train: Here, There and Everywhere
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was at the Paekhwawon State Guest House for a meeting with PRC Defense Minister Gen. Liang Guanglie on 25 November) Kim Jong-il made a rather hasty retreat from Pyongyang […]
Kill that Flu, and Feed that Swine
Kim Jong-il is on the hunt for swine flu and other livestock-based diseases that find a way to pass from animals to humans. A Yonhap report noted that on his recent visit to a Pyongyang […]
