North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

KN-02 Tests Not for an Outside Audience (Necessarily)

KN-02 Tests Not for an Outside Audience (Necessarily)

The DPRK knew that conducting tests on the KN-02 surface-to-surface missiles would attract external attention.  Despite brushing off the tests as routine military exercises, South Korea is entirely justified in its concerns.  The South Korean […]

Oct, 17
The Harden they come

The Harden they come

Despite the missile tests on Monday (the second round could come at any point in the next five days) and the usual editorial bellyaching in the pages of Rodong Sinmun and Korean Central News Agency, […]

Oct, 15
DPRK's Guerilla Monsoon & Six Party Talk Buzzkill?

DPRK's Guerilla Monsoon & Six Party Talk Buzzkill?

Update PRC Premier Wen Jiabao and the Chinese government, according to Yonhap, “welcomed Lee’s ‘grand bargain’ dubbing it ‘the great exchange’ in Chinese ” after a meeting between China, South Korea and Japan.  And yet […]

Oct, 09

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