KJI Personal Secretariat
New Study on Office #39
The US Army War College’s Strategic Studies Institute’s Letort Papers series (SSI and the Letort series produce fascinating and excellent scholarship) has published a comprehensive study on the activities of Office #39. In Criminal Sovereignty: […]
Kim Kyong Hui Biography
A bit later than announced, but this is one version of biographical and career data I prepared on Kim Jong Il’s younger sister, Kim Kyong Hui. Ms. Kim is a charter member of KJI’s inner […]
NK Ambassador To Switzerland Appointed
Ri Chol’s replacement as DPRK Ambassador to Switzerland has been appointed. So Se Phyong has been appointed as Ri’s replacement in Berne. Ambassador So was previously the country’s ambassador to Iran, appointed in November 2008. […]
KJI March 2010 Appearances
Kim Jong-il March 2010 Appearances [PDF] In March 2010 Kim Jong-il was reported to have made public appearances at thirteen (13) different locations. This is one more visit than he made in February 2010(12), but […]
Another Report of KJI Kidney Trouble
Lee Tae-hoon reports in Korea Times that DPRK expert Nam Sung-wook (director of the ROK NIS-affiliated Institute for National Security Strategy) is contending that Kim Jong-il is receiving artificial dialysis. This seems to be a […]
The Lonesome Death of Pak Nam-gi (?)
The Daily NK has another account of the reported execution of Pak Nam Gi: Park, the former Director of the Planning and Financial Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, was denounced as […]
Ri Chol's Last Minute Business
Despite reports that he is leaving his concurrent positions as DPRK Ambassador to Switzerland and the UN Mission in Geneva, Ri Chol still has official business to attend to. Yonhap reports that Ambassador Ri appeared […]
