Organization and Guidance 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, […]
KIS Birthday
With a 40-minute magic show at May Day Stadium, the DPRK began the final countdown to April 2012 which will mark the 100th anniversary of Kim Il-so’ng’s birth and a declaration of success in kangsong […]
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 […]
DPRK Media Reports on FMD
The DPRK media externally reported the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease [FMD] in the country on 10 February [Thursday]. KCNA reported that the first case was found in Rihyon-ri in Pyongyang. ROK media reported on the […]
OGD Deputy Director Dies
Pak Chong-sun (Pak Jong Sun), the senior deputy (1st vice) director of the CC KWP Organization Guidance Department [OGD] passed away from cancer on 22 January (Saturday), age 82. Pak was elected an alternate member […]
Added Security Measures for the Leadership?
After Kim Il-song died in 1994, Kim Chong-il initiated a shake-up in the DPRK’s protective service for the leadership, the Guard Command. He dismissed dozens of Guard Command officers, expanded his own personal security escort […]
VMAR Jo Myong Rok Dies
KCNA reports that VMAR Jo Myong Rok passed away on 6 November (Saturday). VMAR Jo served as 1st Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission and Director of the MPAF General Political Department (Bureau). He […]
