International Department
Week Two of KJI China Trip Watch
Won Se-hoon, head of the ROK’s NIS, has a new prediction about KJI going to China: Won Se-hoon, head of the National Intelligence Service, was quoted as telling the parliament’s intelligence committee that Kim could […]
KJI Hosts Party for Chinese Ambassador and Women's Volleyball Team
Kim Jong-il hosted a dinner party in Pyongyang for the new Chinese Ambassador, the presumably partied-out Liu Hongcai, embassy staff and the Tianjin women’s volleyball team. Two days of public events in Pyongyang finds […]
KJI Meets Chinese Ambassador
While Pyongyang watchers waited for Kim Jong-il to go to China, KJI brought China to him. The General-Secretary completed the recent parade of core leadership to greet the new PRC Ambassador to the DPRK. He […]
Have you seen your Suryongni’mui traveling in the shadow?
While the recovery mission and investigation of the tragic sinking of the ROK naval corvette Cheonan continues, Yonhap reports that ROK-based Pyongyang watchers are looking for indications that Kim Jong-il will travel to China this […]
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 […]
Jang's Men at United Front Department?
Ri Kwang-gun, the DPRK’s former Minister of Foreign Trade, has become a deputy director in support of Kim Yang-gon at the KWP United Front Department which coordinates the country’s relations with the ROK. Yonhap reports […]
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. […]
