North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

United Front Chiefs’ Wreath Laying at Truce Village Monument

United Front Department Director Kim Yang Gon and other senior managers of the DPRK’s relations with the South held an annual 30 minute wreath laying ceremony on the North’s side of the truce village to […]

Jul, 08

NK's PR Cyber Blitz in South Korea

KJI and the propaganda managers in the Central Party are fond of using proxy writer campaigns to advance a particular ideological motif.  It seems the DPRK’s crack electronic warfare operatives have exported the proxy writer […]

Jun, 02

Has NDC absorbed the United Front Department?

Last Friday (28 May), the National Defense Commission held a press conference in Pyongyang “denouncing the Lee Myung Bak group of traitors of south Korea for having recently kicked off a racket of confrontation with […]

Jun, 01

SPA Session to Issue Statement on Cheonan?

The ROK Ministry of Unification anticipates that the DPRK is expected ” to announce its positions and principles on issues it is faced with, such as the outcome of an investigation into the Choenan incident” […]

May, 31
Nerve Center of DPRK's anti-ROK Operations

Nerve Center of DPRK's anti-ROK Operations

Kim So-hyun has a comprehensive report in the Korea Herald about the NDC Reconnaissance Bureau, which would manage an attack such as the Cheonan. Government sources also reportedly said that the “130-ton Yeono class submarines,” […]

May, 27
HRC in ROK

HRC in ROK

US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton dropped in to Seoul, to meet with and provide a US show of support for ROK President Lee Myung-bak, and South Korea, following the conclusion of the Cheonan […]

May, 26

ROK Defines NK as "Main Enemy," NK Severs All Inter-Korean Contact

Kim So-hyun reports in Korea Herald that ROK officials plan to revive and define the DPRK as “the main enemy” as part of its military response to the sinking of the Cheonan. Another presidential aide […]

May, 26

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