Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces (MPAF)
NK Patrol Boats Cross NLL
Yonhap reports that two North Korean patrol boats crossed the Northern Limit Line Saturday, in two separate incidents. Two North Korean patrol boats crossed into South Korean waters in separate incidences on Saturday night but […]
VMAR Kim Il Chol Retires
NDC Member, KWP CMC and CC member, and Senior Vice Minister of the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, Vice Marshal Kim Il Chol, is retiring. Yonhap’s Sam Kim reports on KCNA’s announcement, citing a KCNA […]
KJI China Visit: The Canonical Version
Kim Ji-hyun writes in Korea Herald that Chinese officials have briefed their South Korean counterparts about KJI’s recently completed trip to China: “The Chinese side explained in sincerity the background of Chairman Kim’s visit, what […]
KJI Leaves China for NK
Kim Jong Il and his entourage, to paraphrase Bob Seger, got out of Beijing. KBS reports that “security tightened around Beijing Station and along railroads leading out of the Chinese capital.” Citing an anonymous source, […]
KPA Journal Issue 4
Joe Bermudez has published the fourth issue of KPA Journal. Of particular interest perhaps is an article on the KPA’s new battle tank, the P’okpoong, and the first installment of a history and organizational background […]
KJI Goes to Tianjin
Yonhap reports that Kim Jong Il stopped over in the port city of Tianjin on his way to Beijing: Kim last visited Tianjin in 2004. In February this year, a senior North Korean ruling party […]
KJI's First Day in China
Yonhap reports on KJI’s departure from Dalian to Beijing: Members of Kim’s delegation checked out of their hotel in the port city of Dailan, where they spent their first night in China. It was not […]
