Kim Jong-il
Kim Jong-il's Mystery Train
Chosun Ilbo has a terrific story about the private train on which Kim Jong-il travels for his guidance tours and generally moves about the DPRK. General-Secretary Kim uses one set of locomotives, but there are […]
Kim Jong-il Doesn't Like TV Commercials, Either
En coda Northeast Asia Matters has posted some images and YouTube link of the banned TV commercials. Original Posting Cha Sung-su, Chair of the DPRK Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee, was recently sacked from his […]
News of old Kidnappings
The Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun has an interesting story that alleges Kim Jong-il had direct oversight over the abductions of Japanese nationals during the 1970’s and 1980’s. General-Secretary Kim previously denied that he ordered or […]
Guidance Train Coming up Around the Bend
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was attendance at a concert of the KPA 33rd Art Festival around 26 October) Kim Jong-il seems to be making a habit of conducting guidance tours later in the […]
Pyongyang Burlesque
According to a report from Yonhap News Agency, an illicit video of the Wanjaesan Light Music Ensemble’s dance troupe is making the rounds among North Korean citizens. What makes the video so illicit is the […]
Are we seeing the real KJI at last?
Don Kirk has a brief dispatch in the Christian Science Monitor that questions whether former US President Bill Clinton actually met with Kim Jong-il or his body double. I sincerely hope I am not wasting […]
Guidance From the North Country
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last appearance was around 22 October at a guidance tour of the 26 September and 22 October Pig Farms) Kim Jong-il and the guidance party did not take a break for the […]
