NDC Administration Department
If I Were a Cadre and You Were a Lathe Machine Operator
DPRK media reported on 23 April that Kim Cho’ng-il made his first reported visit to the Najin Shipyard. Yonhap reports: Kim “provided field guidance to the Rajin Shipyard” in the North’s northeastern port of Rajin, […]
12th SPA’s 4th Session Elects New NDC Member, MPS
The 4th session (plenum) of the 12th Supreme People’s Assembly [SPA] convened Thursday [7 April] at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang. Neither Kim Cho’ng-il nor Kim Cho’ng-u’n attended the meeting. Defying the speculative pronouncements […]
NDC/CMC Banquet
KCNA reported on 24 December 2010 that Kim Chong-il attended a banquet co-hosted by the National Defense Commission and Central Military Commission “on the occasion of the 19thanniversary” of his appointment as KPA Supreme Commander. […]
KJI’s 148 Guidance Tours (so far) in 2010
According to the ROK Unification Ministry, Kim Chong-il has made 148 visits in 2010. 58 of those tours were to economic locales in the DPRK. KCI has been reported by the DPRK media as having […]
Party Conference a Coronation?
The 3rd Party Conference (which may begin on 6 September) is one event that will facilitate the leadership system which will eventually replace Kim Jong Il at the power center. It is not clear to […]
New DPRK Warship on GE?
Yonhap reports that a new DPRK warship was discovered on a Google Earth image (images above) from April, 2009. In the image the ship is docked at the Namp’o Shipyard, next to what appears to […]
DPRK-Burma: New Old Friends
The Irrawaddy has published a comprehensive report about the relationship between the DPRK and Burma (Myanmar) which include weapons sales, and most especially, engineering and personnel support in tunnel construction. North Korean ties to Burma […]
