Civil Defense Department
Plenary Personnel
North Korea made a series of personnel changes during the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) 11th plenary session, held December 23-December 27. Although some analyses make far too much of the correlation between personnel and […]
New 1st Vice Chief of the General Staff
Lt. Gen. Jong Myong Do (Cho’ng Myo’ng-to) has been identified as 1st Vice Chief of the Korean People’s Army [KPA] General Staff in two 6 October state media reports on Kim Jong Un’s (KJU; Kim […]
Artillery Company Drills Medium Rang Missiles
The Korean People’s Army [KPA]’s 11th fire assault company participated in a training drill in Changyo’n County, South Hwanghae on 14 March (Tuesday). The drill involved launching two ground-to-ground missiles, identified as the DPRK’s version […]
CMC Holds Meeting
The Workers’ Party of Korea [WPK] Central Military Commission [CMC] met in an enlarged session (or held on an expansion basis) at the WPK Central Committee Office Building on 12 March (Sunday). Technically, this was […]
Gen. O Kuk Ryol (1930-2023)
Gen. O Kuk Ryol (O Kuk-yo’l), a retired former senior national security official and close adviser and friend of late DPRK leader Kim Jong Il (Kim Cho’ng-il), died of heart failure on the morning […]
6th WPRG Meeting Held
The 6th national meeting of the Worker-Peasant Red Guards [WPRG] was held at the 25 April House of Culture on 29 and 30 August (Monday and Tuesday). The last WPRG meeting was held in February […]
Power Organizations’ Personnel Registers (as of now)
The ROK Ministry of Unification [MOU] recently provided an update to the personnel of North Korea’s power organizations. Below, please find a selection of power organizations and their current personnel. Political Bureau Presidium KJU […]
