North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

Silence Broken

Silence Broken

The North Korean has broken its silence on two (2) recent events.  In a rather timely edition from the KCNA’s Japan-based website–which is to say there’s actually a real-time KCNA bulletin–the KCNA writes of the […]

Nov, 24

Pyongyang Rose

One of the DPRK’s most famous faces was recently the subject of a Reuters story, a review of a Chosun Monthly piece on Ri Chun-hui.  Ms. Ri is the sixty-six (66) year-old chief anchor of […]

Nov, 21
Sino-DPRK Contacts, Kumgangsan Protest and the Green Revolution

Sino-DPRK Contacts, Kumgangsan Protest and the Green Revolution

We have had no word from the North Korean press about President Obama’s visit to the East Asia neighborhood, nor as the DPRK said anything of the sinking of a North Korean cargo ship that […]

Nov, 20
Kim Jong-il Doesn't Like TV Commercials, Either

Kim Jong-il Doesn't Like TV Commercials, Either

En coda Northeast Asia Matters has posted some images and YouTube link of the banned TV commercials. Original Posting Cha Sung-su, Chair of the DPRK Radio and Television Broadcasting Committee, was recently sacked from his […]

Nov, 08

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