Korean Workers' Party (KWP)
Guidance at the KPA Cattle Farm
Kim Jong-il has emerged from his recent hiatus and conducted a guidance tour of the KPA-run cattle farm Unit 580. I shall hold off doing a full posting until we see where the guidance train […]
Sino-DPRK Contacts, Kumgangsan Protest and the Green Revolution
We have had no word from the North Korean press about President Obama’s visit to the East Asia neighborhood, nor as the DPRK said anything of the sinking of a North Korean cargo ship that […]
The Women around Kim Jong-il
(n.b. This will be the first in a series of occasional postings about the people and personalities close to Kim Jong-il. Some of this will relate to succession issues or to the broader dynamics of […]
Guidance Train Coming Down the Line
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last known appearance was around 1 November at the Unhung Cooperative Farm in Thaechon County, North Pyongan Province) Continuing with his working for the weekend m.o., Kim Jong-il (or his body double […]
News of old Kidnappings
The Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun has an interesting story that alleges Kim Jong-il had direct oversight over the abductions of Japanese nationals during the 1970’s and 1980’s. General-Secretary Kim previously denied that he ordered or […]
Guidance From the North Country
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last appearance was around 22 October at a guidance tour of the 26 September and 22 October Pig Farms) Kim Jong-il and the guidance party did not take a break for the […]
Habemus Successor? Or Thaek it to the Limit?
Another report has surfaced in the South Korean press that Kim Jong-un is undergoing a “grooming process” (what Medieval Europe royalty would term a “prince’s education”) to succeed his father. The Korea Herald reports that […]
