North Korea Leadership Watch

Research and Analysis on the DPRK Leadership

DPRK Premier Visits Yukyo’ng [Ryugyong] Hotel Site

DPRK Premier Ch’oe Yo’ng-nim visited the construction of the Yukyo’ng Hotel [Ryugyong Hotel].  DPRK press belatedly reported on 11 April [Monday] that Premier Ch’oe visited two locations in Pyongyang on 6 April [Wednesday] the day […]

Apr, 13

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 […]

Apr, 07

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
KJI Meets with PRC Delegation

KJI Meets with PRC Delegation

    Kim Jong Il met with and hosted a lunch party for PRC senior party official, Zhou Yongkang, and a PRC delegation.  Zhou arrived in Pyongyang late last week with his delegation, to attend […]

Oct, 12
Party Conference a Coronation?

Party Conference a Coronation?

The 3rd Party Conference (which may begin on 6 September) is one event that will facilitate the leadership system which will eventually replace Kim Jong Il at the power center.  It is not clear to […]

Aug, 11

Torrential Rains Continue to Inundate DPRK

ROK military authorities have announced that 91 land mines have been found, washed in from the DPRK due to heavy flooding. Korean Central TV reported that heavy, torrential rain continues to inundate the DPRK.  The […]

Aug, 08

Pyongyang Shrunk by 1/3

Pyongyang is undergoing a procession of depopulation, and its administrative boundaries may have shrunk by 1/3.  Three countries (Kangnam, Chunghwa and Sangwon) and one city district (Sungho-kuyok) were identified as being part of North Hwanghae […]

Jul, 19

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