Korean People's Army (KPA)
Jong Un Attends Guidance of SSD (MSS) Unit [And other items on the KJU Docket]
KCNA reports that Kim Jong Il conducted a guidance tour of KPA Unit 10215. Attending the guidance tour with KJI were: Senior Deputy Director (Senior Vice Minister of) of the State Security Department and NDC […]
Jong Un Attends Rally Honoring CPV
Kim Jong Il presided over a “mass meeting” held at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the CPV’s (Chinese People’s Volunteers) entry into the Korean War (also known as the Fatherland […]
Who’s Afraid of Ko Yong Hui?
Despite all of the DPRK’s activity around the hereditary succession of Kim Jong Un, missing from the narratives and rumors is any word of Ko Yong Hui. Ko was KJI’s 4th wife and the […]
Another Hwang Plot
ROK authorities have arrested another man accused of posing as a defector to gain entry into ROK to assassinate Hwang Jang Yop. Hwang was the most senior DPRK official to defect to the ROK. He […]
PRC Defense Minister Meets with MPAF Delegation
The PRC Defense Minister and The PRC Vice Chief of the PLA General Staff met with a KPA delegation in Beijing on 14 October. The KPA delegation was lead by Colonel-General Pyon In Son, who […]
19 October 1950
On 19 Octber 1950 UN forces, including the US Army’s 5th Cavalry Regiment of the 1st Cavalry Division and the ROK’s 1st and 7th Divisions, entered Pyongyang. On 11 October 1950, the 5th Cavalry’s Lt. […]
Parsing Jong Nam’s Remarks
Following Kim Jong Nam’s recent interview with Asahi TV, Chosun Ilbo offers some interpretation of his comments. Jong Nam told Asahi that he was personally opposed to a hereditary succession, but […]
