Kim Family
KIS Memoirist Says ROK Denied Asylum Claim
Yonhap reports that Kim Jong-ryul, an Austrian-based former Kim Il-sung Personal Secretariat employee who has released a memoir, claims that in 2006 the ROK Embassy in Vienna rejected his claim for asylum: “But it fell […]
Ri Chol to Leave as UN & CH Diplorep
Yonhap, citing a source in Berne and general diplo gossip, reports that Ri Chol is leaving his posts. He is concurrently the DPRK’s Ambassador to Switzerland and to the UN Mission in Geneva. While Ambassador […]
New Kim Family Aide Memoir
Kim Jong-ryul, a former KPA Colonel and employee of Kim Il-sung’s secretariat (and perhaps KJI’s Personal Secretariat), has told his story to two Austrian journalists and released a memoir in German Im Dienst des Diktators: […]
Kyong-hui: There ain't a cadre that comes close to you
A report yesterday in Yonhap about the ROK Ministry of Unification’s revised leadership charts and a report last week in Choson Ilbo seem to have generated increased interest in Kim Kyong-hui. Below are this blog’s […]
Jong-nam Hardly a Sidebranch
Choson Ilbo, citing two anonymous sources, reports that Kim Jong-nam (KJI’s oldest son) did not attend a family birthday celebration on Tuesday (16 February) : North Korean leader Kim Jong-il’s eldest son Jong-nam has reportedly […]
KJI Birthday: In Through the Out Door
Last Wednesday (10 February) was the official start of the weeklong celebration of Kim Jong-il’s birthday. Officially Kim Jong-il was born 16 February 1942 (making him 68) in a log cabin on Mt. Paektu; in […]
Mr. Jang and Ms. Kim Go Global
North Korea’s recent interactions with Russia and China did not interrupt the rising profile of Jang Song-thaek and Kim Kyong-hui. The performance of Evgeni Onegin with Russia’s Ambassador to the DPRK was the first event […]
