Kim Jong-il
Guidance at the KPA Cattle Farm
Kim Jong-il has emerged from his recent hiatus and conducted a guidance tour of the KPA-run cattle farm Unit 580. I shall hold off doing a full posting until we see where the guidance train […]
Kim Jong-un Propaganda Moves in Mysterious Ways
DailyNK published two (2) English Language reports (see here and here) regarding the the Is he?/Isn’t he? status of rumored hereditary successor Kim Jong-un. DNK has actually been rather skeptical about the Kim Jong-un successor […]
Uncharacteristically Taciturn
With his arrival today in Seoul, US President Barack Obama’s “Why Can’t We Be Friends?” tour of East Asia is quickly drawing to a close. The DPRK is expected to dominate any discussions President Obama […]
Guidance Train Slowed?
Kim Jong-il has temporarily shut down the guidance train. For the last moth, General-Secretary Kim was reported by KCNA and KCTV to be out and about, primarily at economic locations, offering praise, assurances and attempting […]
"Sound of the General's Footsteps"
Has the Kim Jong-un tribute song been performed under a new title? On Friday (13 November) a schoolchildren’s poetry and song recital was held at the Central Youth Hall in east Pyongyang. The event ostensibly […]
The Women around Kim Jong-il
(n.b. This will be the first in a series of occasional postings about the people and personalities close to Kim Jong-il. Some of this will relate to succession issues or to the broader dynamics of […]
Guidance Train Coming Down the Line
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was around 1 November at the Unhung Cooperative Farm in Thaechon County, North Pyongan Province) Continuing with his working for the weekend m.o., Kim Jong-il (or his body double […]
