North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

Serial Numbers and Diplorep Briefings In Seoul

Chosun Ilbo reports that torpedo propellers and a serial number with a North Korean font were discovered in the Cheonan wreckage.  Northeast Asia Matters translated the CI‘s front page story from which I excerpted below: […]

May, 19
ROK Military Will Identify NK as Cheonan Assailant

ROK Military Will Identify NK as Cheonan Assailant

Kim So-hyun reports in Korea Herald that the South Korean military will issue a statement this Thursday that identifies the DPRK as responsible for the March sinking of the Cheonan. The South Korean military is […]

May, 16

NK Patrol Boats Cross NLL

Yonhap reports that two North Korean patrol boats crossed the Northern Limit Line Saturday, in two separate incidents. Two North Korean patrol boats crossed into South Korean waters in separate incidences on Saturday night but […]

May, 16
KPA Journal Issue 4

KPA Journal Issue 4

Joe Bermudez has published the fourth issue of KPA Journal.  Of particular interest perhaps is an article on the KPA’s new battle tank, the P’okpoong, and the first installment of a history and organizational background […]

May, 05

KJI April 2010 Appearances

Kim Jong Il April 2010 Appearances Kim Jong Il was reported by KCNA to have made 15 public appearances in April 2010, of which eight (8) was his attendance at concerts, three (3) were inspections […]

May, 02

KJI Visits KPA Unit Involved in Hwang Plot

Kim So-hyun reports in the Korea Herald that Kim Jong Il inspected the KPA unit that directed the failed assassination plot on NK defector Hwang Jang Yop and is widely believed in South Korea to […]

Apr, 28

General Kim Myong Guk's 4th Star

Last week, to commemorate the Korean People’s Army’s 78th anniversary, Kim Jong Il attended the military exercises of KPA Unit 115. The training well showed the decisive resolution and merciless striking force of the KPA […]

Apr, 27

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