Despite prior hiccups and commotion about the families of North Korean elites attending public events, the spouses, children and grandchildren of top DPRK officials came out to the New Year’s performance on 31 December. In […]
The commanders of the Central Committee Guard Department, Guard Department and Guard Command have changed during the last year. The changes were publicized during the 10 October 2025 military parade commemorating the foundation of the […]
According to Daily NK, the documentary video about Kim Jong Un’s (KJU; Kim Cho’ng-u’n) visit to China was deemed a dud and the requisite personnel discipline has been implemented: Officials who edited documentary footage of Kim’s […]
Kim Jong Un (KJU; Kim Cho’ng-u’n) came out to the Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Committee Office Building complex on 2 January for three commemorative photo-ops, the last of which was with student performers […]
DPRK state media and the Party History Institute have released Volume 33 of a documentary film series on deceased core elite. This series compiles short biographies on the careers of recently deceased North Korean officials. […]
Kim Ki Nam, former DPRK propaganda and culture chieftain, passed away due to old age and chronic health (“decrepitude and multiple organ dysfunction,” according to KCNA) at the age of 94 in Pyongyang on 7 […]
The ROK NIS has speculated that a senior Korean People’s Army [KPA] official who attended a 19 March ballistic missile drill along side Kim Jong Un (Kim Cho’ng-u’n) and Kim Ju Ae (Kim Chu-a’e) is […]