KJI Personal Secretariat
State Dept. on NK Narcotics
The US State Department has released its 2010 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. While the DPRK seems to do a fair trade in bootleg cigarettes in Rason and currency counterfeiting: No confirmed instances of large-scale […]
KJI February 2010 Appearances
Kim Jong-il February 2010 Appearances (PDF) In February 2010 Kim Jong-il was reported to have made public appearances 12 times at 11 different locations (he visited the 8 February Vinalon Complex twice). This is nearly […]
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 […]
Possible New Third Floor Director
Here may a confirmable personnel change within the Central Party. Korea Times reports that Kim Tong-un, chief executive of Office #39 (also known as the Third Floor), was replaced by by Jon Il-chun. Kim Tong-un, […]
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 […]
You Say It's Your Birthday
UPDATE Sam Kim has a great report in Yonhap about a Friday Rodong Sinmun editorial that callson North Korean citizens to “toast, toast to the endlessly bright future of Chosun (North Korea) that will resemble […]
