Korean Workers' Party (KWP)
Jon Il-chun, Director-General of State Development Bank
The DPRK has announced the first meeting of its State Development Bank, which took place at the Yanggankdo Hotel in Pyongyang. According to KCNA: The board of directors is made up of representatives of the […]
KJI Attends Mass Rally in Hamhung
Kim Jong-il attended a mass rally in Hamhung, South Hamgyong, to commemorate the re-opening (or is it un-mothballing?) of the 8 February Vinalon Complex. Yonhap reports: North Korea often organizes such pro-government rallies, forcing […]
New Kim Family Aide Memoir
Kim Jong-ryul, a former KPA Colonel and employee of Kim Il-sung’s secretariat (and perhaps KJI’s Personal Secretariat), has told his story to two Austrian journalists and released a memoir in German Im Dienst des Diktators: […]
KJI Steps Out with the MPS
Over the weekend, Kim Jong-il attended a concert hosted the Ministry of Public Security. This was the inaugural performance of the MPS’s Song and Dance Ensemble, and it seemed to impress General-Secretary Kim who “great […]
New Kangwon Provincial KWP Chief Secretary
Paek Kye-ryong is the new Chief Secretary of the Kangwon KWP Provincial Committee. His appointment was found in several North Korean media reports this month which referred to him as “chief secretary of the Kangwon […]
KJI Birthday: In Through the Out Door
Last Wednesday (10 February) was the official start of the weeklong celebration of Kim Jong-il’s birthday. Officially Kim Jong-il was born 16 February 1942 (making him 68) in a log cabin on Mt. Paektu; in […]
Mr. Jang and Ms. Kim Go Global
North Korea’s recent interactions with Russia and China did not interrupt the rising profile of Jang Song-thaek and Kim Kyong-hui. The performance of Evgeni Onegin with Russia’s Ambassador to the DPRK was the first event […]
