National Defense Commission (NDC)
NK Operatives Arrested in ROK for HJY Assassination Plot
Two men are being detained in Seoul Detention Center on charges of plotting to kill former KWP Secretary of Ideology, Hwang Jang Yop. HJY is the highest ranking DPRK official defect from the country. According […]
KJI Attends Concerts with Internal Security Chiefs
Kim Jong Il sealed the recent changes to the country’s two principal internal security agencies by attending two (2) different concerts with the agencies’ respective managers. First, Ryo’ngdoja took in a performance of the Song […]
NK Denies Involvement in Sinking Cheonan (revised 18 April)
Military Commentator Denies Involvement in Ship Sinking (KCNA17 April 2010) The DPRK has broken its three-week silence and officially denied sinking the ROK naval corvette. Speculation and suspicion has swarmed the DPRK since the Cheonan […]
KIS Birthday (A lot of water under the bridge)
The country held a relatively subdued celebration on Thursday (15 April) for the 98th birthday of the late DPRK President, Kim Il Sung. Unlike the dual debauchery of the February celebrations for the Lunar New […]
Will Jong Un Indications Appear at KIS Birthday?
Jiji reports that Kim Jong Un accompanied KJI at a fireworks celebrations for Kim Il Sung’s Birthday last April (2009). The source was described as a person who was present at the events. The report […]
State Security Chief U Tong Chuk Promoted
National Defense Commission Member and Senior Deputy Director of the State Security Department, U Tong Chuk, was promoted to KPA General in this year’s military promotions list in honor of Kim Il Sung’s Birthday (15 […]
KJI Watches KPA Exercises on Day of the Sun
Kim Jong Il observed the military exercises while issuing promotions for 100 KPA general-grade officers. This was the largest 15 April Promotions List since 1997. Yonhap reports: In a release carried by the KCNA, Kim […]
