North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

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 […]

Dec, 07

New DPRK Ambassador to China Arrives in Beijing

The PRC Foreign Ministry announced that Ji Jae Ryong, the DPRK’s new ambassador to China, arrived in Beijing today (26 October).  Ji is tied to Jang Song Taek (NDC Vice Chairman; director of party administration; […]

Oct, 26

Jong Un Attends Rally Honoring CPV

Kim Jong Il presided over a “mass meeting” held at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the CPV’s  (Chinese People’s Volunteers) entry into the Korean War (also known as the Fatherland […]

Oct, 26
Who’s Afraid of Ko Yong Hui?

Who’s Afraid of Ko Yong Hui?

  Despite all of the DPRK’s activity around the hereditary succession of Kim Jong Un, missing from the narratives and rumors is any word of Ko Yong Hui.  Ko was KJI’s 4th wife and the […]

Oct, 21
Jong Un’s Publicity Campaign

Jong Un’s Publicity Campaign

The DPRK is reportedly stepping up its publicity campaign in support of the hereditary succession of Kim Jong Un.  Previous reports about Jong Un propaganda efforts claimed that several million official portraits were produced for […]

Oct, 21

PRC to Send Kim Jong Suk Statue to DPRK

The China Waxwork Museum for Great Figures has agreed to construct a life-sized wax effigy of Kim Jong Suk.  Kim Jong Suk was Kim Il Sung’s first wife and the mother of Kim Jong Il […]

Oct, 18

Get this Party Started

    SPA Presidium Vice President Yang Hyong Sop confirmed to the Associated Press in a Friday interview that Kim Jong Un is the official successor to Kim Jong Il.  Yang told the AP: “Our […]

Oct, 09

Navigation

Please use the navigation to move within this section.

An affiliate of 38 North