Korean Workers' Party (KWP)
State Security Chief U Tong Chuk Promoted
National Defense Commission Member and Senior Deputy Director of the State Security Department, U Tong Chuk, was promoted to KPA General in this year’s military promotions list in honor of Kim Il Sung’s Birthday (15 […]
KJI Watches KPA Exercises on Day of the Sun
Kim Jong Il observed the military exercises while issuing promotions for 100 KPA general-grade officers. This was the largest 15 April Promotions List since 1997. Yonhap reports: In a release carried by the KCNA, Kim […]
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: […]
You're Very Well Read, It's Well Known
The DPRK’s external propaganda arm has published the monthly mags. Korea has unsigned articles on the reopening of the 8 February Vinalon Complex and the rally to celebrate the reopening. 2 April is the 30th […]
New MOFA Vice Minister
Kim Song Gi, recently a diplo at the DPRK’s Beijing Embassy, is MOFA’s new vice minister. He was identified in his new position when he appeared at a welcoming event for the new Chinese Ambassador, […]
Kim Jong Il Absent from 12th SPA 2nd Session (revised)
Kim Jong Il did not appear at the 2nd session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly. The 2nd Session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall […]
Kim Jong Il Absent from 12th SPA 2nd Session (revised)
Kim Jong Il did not appear at the 2nd session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly. The 2nd Session of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK was held at the Mansudae Assembly Hall […]
