North Korean press
A Vinalon Hero is Something to Be (NK Monthly Mags)
(With grateful acknowledgment to NK Economy Watch for alerting me to the appearance of these) My apologies if story-specific hyperlinks do not function. The Foreign Languages Publishing House has released the July, 2010, issues of […]
KJI’s Ties that Bind
Kim Jong Il is increasingly relying on his closest relative, sister Kim Kyong Hui, and her husband, Jang Song Taek, while the country undergoes a political transition. According to the ROK Unification Ministry, Kim Jong […]
Meeting of Party Representatives (Party Conference) to Be Held in September
North Korea has announced it will hold a meeting of Party Representatives (Party Conference) convened by the KWP Political Bureau (Politburo) in September. The WPK founded by President Kim Il Sung and led by Kim […]
Kim Jong Un on Guidance Tour with KJI in Sinuiju?
On 19 June 2010 Korean Central Broadcasting Station reported that Kim Jong Il conducted a guidance tour of the Rakwon Machine Complex and visited a newly constructed football stadium. According to reports in the North […]
June Magazines
Korea has two pieces on Kim Jong Il’s activities. One is an unsigned account of KJI’s visit to the Kim Il Sung University E-library, and Choe Kwang Ho wrote an essay on KJI’s neverending tour. […]
NK Media Coverage of SPA
KCNA , in an uncharacteristic move, published short biographic sketches on Mr. Jang, Mr Choe and the Vice Premiers appointed at yesterday’s SPA session. Below you can find the image carried by the North Korean […]
Personnel Shuffles in the first half of 2010
With the deaths of Ri Je Gang and KPA Artillery Commander Col. Gen. Ri Jong Bu, eleven (11) members of North Korea’s leadership have either passed away, been replaced or disappeared from public life in […]
