Korean Workers' Party (KWP)
Have you seen your Suryongni’mui traveling in the shadow?
While the recovery mission and investigation of the tragic sinking of the ROK naval corvette Cheonan continues, Yonhap reports that ROK-based Pyongyang watchers are looking for indications that Kim Jong-il will travel to China this […]
The Lonesome Death of Pak Nam-gi (?)
The Daily NK has another account of the reported execution of Pak Nam Gi: Park, the former Director of the Planning and Financial Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, was denounced as […]
Yonhap on KJI China Trip & Premier Kim Yong-il meets new PRC Ambassador
Yonhap has decided to get in on the KJI China trip action. Citing an anonymous source and consulting some VIP calendars, Yonhap reports that Kim Jong-il may visit China later this month. North Korean leader […]
Rumors of Pak Nam-gi Arrest and Execution
UPDATE The Daily NK has another account of the reported execution of Pak Nam Gi: Park, the former Director of the Planning and Financial Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party, was denounced […]
Jang's Men at United Front Department?
Ri Kwang-gun, the DPRK’s former Minister of Foreign Trade, has become a deputy director in support of Kim Yang-gon at the KWP United Front Department which coordinates the country’s relations with the ROK. Yonhap reports […]
KJU Succession in Portrait and Silkscreen
The latest buzz around hereditary succession is centered on a story circulated by Rescue the North Korean People! Urgent Action Network. According to this account, the official portrait of successor Kim Jong-un (a/k/a: Kim Jong-eun, […]
Setting Up the Mosquito Nets in Rason & KJI China Trip
Choson Ilbo, citing an anonymous source, reports that former Minister of Foreign Trade Rim Kyong-man is now the leading official in Rason, the one responsible for drawing the mosquito net around the Special Administrative Region. […]
