leadership succession
KJU Allusion at Kim Il Ceremony?
JoongAng reports of another possible indication of the hereditary succession of Kim Jong-un [Chong-un/Jong-eun]. In remarks at a commemorative ceremony for the centenary birth of the late DPRK Vice President and Politburo Member Kim Il, […]
ICG Study on NK Under UN Sanctions
The International Crisis Group has published a study as an Update Briefing under the title North Korea Under Tightening Sanctions. The study suggests that the recent UN sanctions, currency redenomination and the unfolding succession campaign […]
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, […]
Kim Jong-un's Military Education Through the Looking Glass
In the last successor gossip, Dong-a Ilbo reports that hereditary successor Kim Jong-un presided over KPA artillery drills in January near the West Sea, citing “a ranking source in Pyongyang.” This seems to add a […]
Hu Jintao meets KWP Official & Sino Morningstar Protest
POST SCRIPT Qin Gang, a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry, denies Asahi Shimbun‘s story or that Kim Jong-un ever visited China: “China expects North Korea to pursue the development path appropriate to its national […]
Succession, Stomp by Stomp
Kim Jong-il’s birthday celebrations continue in the DPRK, but seem to be winding down with belated greetings and celebrations being reports by the North Korean press. Over the weekend on the pretext of the Lunar […]
The Third Brother Who Put Out the Fire
In February 2009, Pyongyang KCTV broadcast a children’s show The Good Heart of the Third Child. In the 2 February (2010) bulletin from the Korean Central News Agency announced that the 26 April Children’s Film […]
