Korean Workers' Party (KWP)
Hacking at an Early Age
[This posting was mis-linked to another story; the Dong A-Ilbo link is in place with my apologies.] Donga A-Ilbo has a useful story about the formal education of DPRK computer hackers. There have been previous […]
Guidance Train (Bound for Glory)
(n.b. Kim Jong-il’s last appearance was at a music performance on 17 October) The field guidance train (“the People’s train, the train of love”) rolled along. Kim Jong-il made three guidance visits this week. Since […]
New North Hamgyong People's Committee Boss
The North Korean media indirectly reported Pak Su-gil’s replacement as Chair of the North Hamgyong Provincial People’s Committee. Mr. Pak was promoted to Minister of Finance and a Vice Premier of the DPRK Cabinet, following […]
Where was Jang Song-thaek?
(N.B.: some material in this posting is drawn from my forthcoming short biography on Jang Song-thaek The Juche Jump (Hey, Mr. Jang!) which will appear in print at the end of the month) The SK […]
KN-02 Tests Not for an Outside Audience (Necessarily)
The DPRK knew that conducting tests on the KN-02 surface-to-surface missiles would attract external attention. Despite brushing off the tests as routine military exercises, South Korea is entirely justified in its concerns. The South Korean […]
Platform Order
The good people at Northeast Asia Matters: The Korean Peninsula have published a translation of Hanguk Ilbo‘s story on the MOU’s report on the platform seating order during the July memorial meeting commemorating the 15th […]
Turn this house into a home
NK Leadership Watch will refrain from posting about the DPRK’s economic activities, but the country operates under command ‘n’ control so, occasionally, its economy relates to the leadership or internal security. Housing in Pyongyang is […]
