Kim Jong-il
Were DPRK Diplos Informed of KJU Succession?
JoongAng Daily citing Free North Korea Radio reports that a message to the DPRK’s overseas embassies and foreign missions communicated the designation of Kim Jong-un [Eun] as Kim Jong-il’s hereditary successor. Kim Sung-min of FNKR […]
Quick and Dirty Count of KJI Appearances in January 2010
In the first month of 2010, Kim Jong-il was reported by KCNA as having made twenty-five (25) public appearances. This total is based on the number of individual locations Kim Jong-il visited to conduct an […]
KJI Behind Closed Doors
EPILOGUE It was pointed out to me, and I agree, that health rumors and medical treatments about North Korean elites are difficult to verify, and connected to the wrong individuals. ORIGINAL Sunny Lee, a journalist […]
Watching the Defectors
Citing ROK and US intelligence sources, Chosun Ilbo reports that in May 2008 Kim Jong-il toughened penalties for North Korean citizens caught attempting to migrate to China. CI reports that DPRK security officials were […]
Revisions
I have revised the entries on some key DPRK institutions, as well as on the Morningstar Generals, Kim Jong-chol and Kim Jong-un. If you visit the blog’s other pages (the ones on the banner) you […]
New DPRK Central Court
Over the weekend, Kim Jong-il conducted a guidance tour of the “newly-built” DPRK Central Court in Pyongyang. General-Secretary Kim visited a historic exhibition and was briefed about the construction of the new court building (s). […]
Truckin' with the Kim Il-sung Youth League
Late last week, selected members of the Kim Il-sung Youth League embarked on a national study tour commemorating Kim Il-sung’s long, strange trip from Pyongyang to Jilin in 1925. Making a long story (literally, it’s […]
