Propaganda
NK Denies Involvement in Hwang Plot
Yonhap reports on a Uriminzokkri posting that denies the country’s involvment in attempting to assassinate Hwang Jang Yop, describing them as “groudnless acts of manipulation.” According to authorities in South Korea, two men have confessed […]
KJI Praises Jong Un in Propaganda Documents (revised 21 April)
In documents reportedly distributed to KWP cadres in December 2009, Kim Jong Il is quoted as praising Kim Jong Un, his youngest son and hereditary successor, for looking after his health and welfare. Daily NK‘s […]
KIS Birthday (A lot of water under the bridge)
The country held a relatively subdued celebration on Thursday (15 April) for the 98th birthday of the late DPRK President, Kim Il Sung. Unlike the dual debauchery of the February celebrations for the Lunar New […]
The Megaphone War and Light Water Reactors
In a 29 March editorial Korean Central News Agency hits back at external observation and reporting about KJI’s health, its internal economic situation and recent contingency planning around the country: Pyongyang – There is now […]
KJU Succession in Portrait and Silkscreen
The latest buzz around hereditary succession is centered on a story circulated by Rescue the North Korean People! Urgent Action Network. According to this account, the official portrait of successor Kim Jong-un (a/k/a: Kim Jong-eun, […]
March PropAg Madness
KJI Birthday and Lunar New Year Celebrations (in addition to some bureaucratic skull cracking and money crunches) did nothing to prevent the release of the DPRK’s monthly overseas propaganda magazines. Korea Today has the third […]
Succession, Stomp by Stomp
Kim Jong-il’s birthday celebrations continue in the DPRK, but seem to be winding down with belated greetings and celebrations being reports by the North Korean press. Over the weekend on the pretext of the Lunar […]
